Abstract:
                                      The chemical constituents in the seeds of 
Trichosanthes rubriflos were isolated and purified by silica gel column chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography and other separation methods. The structures were characterized by various spectroscopic. Four compounds identified as 7,24-dioxo-10α-cucurbita-5,25-dien-3
β-ol (  
1  ), cucurbita-5,25-diene-3
β,24-diol (  
2  ), (
E)-11-methoxy-11-oxoundec-2-enoic acid (  
3  ), (12
S,13
S,
Z)-12-hydroxyoctadec-9-en-13-olide (  
4  ). Compound   
1   and   
2   are new compounds and compound   
3   is a new natural compound, while compound   
4   was isolated from 
Trichosanthes for the first time.