Abstract:Twelve chemical constituents were isolated from Polygonum chinense Linn. On the bases of spectral data, they were identified as syringic acid (1), apigenin (2), 3,3′-di-O-methylellagic acid (3), gallic acid (4), protocatechuic acid (5), isorhamnetin (6), caffeic acid (7), quercetin (8), luteolin (9), gallicin (10), avicularin (quercetin-3-O-α-L-arabinofuranoside)(11) and 3,4,8,9,10-pentahydroxy -6H-dibenzo [b,d]pyran-6-one (12). All these compounds except 4 and 8 were reported from the species for the first time.