A new phenolic glycoside, 1-(alpha-L-rhamnosyl(1-6)-beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzene, together with the alkaloid N-(p-coumaroyl)-tryptamine and four known flavonoids were isolated from the methanolic bark extract of Ravensara anisata Danguy (Lauraceae). Their structures have been established by NMR spectroscopy, and chemical methods. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.