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Molecules 2010, 15, 8241-8250; doi:10.3390/molecules OPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Article Phenolic Compounds from Merremia umbellata subsp. orientalis and Their Allelopathic Effects on Arabidopsis Seed Germination Jian Yan 1,†, Hai-Hong Bi 1,†, Yong-Zhu Liu 2, Mei Zhang 1,3, Zhong-Yu Zhou 1 and Jian-Wen Tan 1,* 1 Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China; E-Mails: yanjian@ (J.Y.); bihaihong@ (H.-H.B); amei1227@126.com (M.Z.); zhouzhongyu@ (Z.-Y.Z.) 2 National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding, Guangzhou 510642, China; E-Mail: lively@ 3 Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China † These authors contributed equally to this work. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: jwtan@ ; Tel.: +86-20 Fax: +86-20 Received: 15 September 2010; in revised form: 27 October 2010 / Accepted: 29 October 2010 / Published: 12 November 2010 Abstract: A bioassay-directed phytochemical study was carried out to investigate potential allelochemicals of the invasive plant Merremia umbellata subsp. orientalis (Hall. f.). Eight phenolic compounds, including a salicylic acid (SA)-derived new natural product, SA 2-O- β-D-(3,6-dicaffeoyl)-glucopyranoside (1), and seven known ones 2-8 were isolated and identified from two bioactive sub-fractions of the acetone extract of this plant. The structure of new co