TAKASHI YOSHIDA, WEI-SHENG FENGt and TAKUO OKUDA~ Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama 700, Japan;t Henan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450003, People's Republic of China ... Key Word Index--Rosa cymosa; Rosaceae; root; tannin; procyanidin; 3-o-(6'-o-galloyl)-/?-D-glycosyl- 4-hydroxyphenethyl alcohol; rocymosin A; fi-hydroxydihydrochalcone glucoside; rocymosin B.