Phenolics from Acalypha indica

Abstract Two novel hydrolysable tannins, potassium brevifolincarboxylate and acaindinin, together with eight known tannins—1‐ O ‐galloyl‐β‐ D ‐glucose, 1,2,3,6‐tetra‐ D ‐galloyl‐β‐ D ‐glucose, corilagin, geraniin, acetonylgeraniin A, euphormisin M 2 , repandusinic acid A, and chebulagic acid, as well as two flavonoid glycosides — quercetin 3‐ O ‐β‐ D ‐glucoside and rutin, were isolated from Acalypha indica. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence.