Three new 2, 6-disubstituted piperidine alkaloids (1-3), one new polyacetylene (8), together with eight known compounds (4-7, 9-12) were isolated from the whole plants of Lobelia chinensis. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic data interpretation. The absolute configuration
Lobelia chinensis Lour (LcL) is a popular herb that has been widely used as folk medicine in China for the treatment of fever, lung cancer, and inflammation for hundreds of years. Recently, several studies have shown that the anti-inflammatory properties were correlated with the inhibition of