Abstract:Objective: To study the chemical constituents of Halenia elliptica. Method: The air-dried whole plants of Halenia elliptica were extracted with 90% EtOH. The EtOH extract was condensed to a small amount of volume and extracted with petroleum ether, EtOAc and n-BuOH, successively. The compounds were isolated and purified by column chromatography from the EtOAc fraction, and identified based on spectral analyses(MS, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR). Result: 12 compounds were isolated from H. elliptica, and characterized as 8-hydroxy-2-methylchromone( 1 ), 5-methoxy-2-methylchromone( 2 ), 7-epi-vogeloside( 3 ), coniferl aldehyde( 4 ), sinapaldehyde( 5 ), norbellidifolin( 6 ), 1- hydroxyl-2,3,4,6-tetramethoxyxanthone( 7 ), 1-hydroxyl-2,3,4,7- tetramethoxyxanthone( 8 ), 1-hydroxyl-2,3,5-trimethoxyxanthone( 9 ), together with azelaic acid , β-sitosterol, and oleanolic acid. Cloclusion: Compounds 1, 2 were new natural compounds and compounds 3-6, 10 were obtained from H. elliptica for the first time and compound 6 showed inhibitory activities against HBsAg and HBeAg secretion with IC50 value of 0. 77 and<0. 62 mmol·L-1, respectively.