[Chemical constituents of the pericarp of Trichosanthes rosthornii Harms].

Nine compounds were isolated from the pericarp of T. rosthornii and identified on the basis of spectral data to be palmitic acid, lignoceric acid, cerotic acid, montanic acid, melissic acid, L-(-)-alpha-monopalmitin, delta 7-stigmastenol, delta 7-stigmastenone-3 and delta 7-stigmatenol-3-beta-D-glucopyranoside. All but the last one are obtained from this species for the first time.