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Justicia ciliata (Acnathaceae) grows in Pong Hu. The whole plant of Justicia ciliata is used as an herbal remedy for the treatment of fever, pain and cancer. It is also a fish-killing agent. The 95% alcoholic extracts of the whole plant of Justicia ciliata were subjected to systematic separation and purification by column chromatography (Silica gel, Sephadex LH-20 and HPLC), thin-layer chromatography and recrystallization. Five lignan compounds were isolated and identified by spectral analyses and/or comparison of their data (IR, MS, NMR) as ciliatin (I), neojusticin B (II), taiwanin E methyl ether (III), justicidin B (IV) and chinensinaphthol methyl ether (V). Compound I is first isolated from nature.
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