Sterols and terpenoids from phytolacca esculenta

Phytolaccagenin, as a minor free terpenoid, was isolated from the roots of phytolacca esculenta van Houtte. A mixture of sterols was also isolated and identified as ${\alpha}$-spinasterol and ${\delta}^7$-stigmastenol, which never seemed to have been found in phytolaccaceae.