Flavonoids and a saponin from Spartium junceum.

Two new flavonoids, 5,8-dihydroxy-4'-methoxy-6,7-methylenedioxyisoflavone and carthamidin-7-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside and a new triterpenoid saponin, 3 beta,16 beta,22 beta,24-tetrahydroxy-olean-12- ene-3-beta-yl-]beta-D-glucopyranosyl (1-->2)]-alpha-L-rhamnopyranoside (junceoside), were isolated from Spartium junceum. Their structures were elucidated by means of IR, UV, MS, 1H, 13C NMR, 13C NMR DEPT and 2D NMR experiments. Apigenin-7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside and genistein-8-C-beta-D-glucopyranoside, never previously found in this plant, were also isolated.