Chemical constituents from Striga asiatica and its chemotaxonomic study

► Nine compounds were isolated or detected from the extract of Striga asiatica. ► Blumenol A was firstly found from the Scrophulariaceae. ► Diosmetin, isoverbascoside were firstly reported from genus Striga. ► Striga should be treated as a member in Scrophulariaceae based on chemotaxonomic.