10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 6 Issue 1 2015 (January - March) The ethanolic extract of rootstock of lessThan i greaterThan Desmostachya bipinnata lessThan /i greaterThan (Family: Poaceae) was subjected to column chromatography over silica gel and eluted with different solvents of increasing polarity. 5-Hydroxymethyl 2-furfural along with β-amyrin, β-sitosterol, β-sitosterol glucoside, stigmasterol glucoside and sucrose were isolated and reported for the first time from the plant. Their structures were elucidated by physical and spectroscopic data. SHAKILA R1,ARUL ANTONY S AND GOPAKUMAR K Eragrostis cynosuroides, Kusa, Tharuppai, asthma, diuretic 305-310