Two novel sorghumol acyl esters, sorghumol 3-O-Z-p-coumarate, and a novel alkaloid, anoectochine, were isolated from the whole plants of Anoectochilus roxburghii along with one known triterpenoid, sorghumol. Their structures were established by their detailed spectral studies, including two-dimensional NMR (H-1-H-1 COSY, HSQC and HMBC). Copyright (c) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.