Abstract: A new acyi sugar along with four know iridoidal and phenyl propanoid glycosides, harpagoside, harpagide, 0-methyl catalpol and angoroside C, were isolated from the roots of Scrophularia ningpoensis Hemsl., a famous traditional Chinese medicine known as "Xuan-Shem". By means of chemical and spectral evidence its structure was elucidated as 4-0-(p-methoxycinnamoyl)-α-L-rhamnopyranose.

Key words: Scrophulariaceae