Chromatographic separation of the extract of the aerial parts of Dodonaea viscosa L. (family Sapindaceae) afforded beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, the flavone acacetin-7-methyl ether, the flavonol-3-methyl ethers 4',5,7-trihydroxy-3,6-dimethoxyflavone and penduletin, as well as a new clerodane diterpenoid which was identified by spectral means as 15,16-epoxy-5,9-diepicleroda-3,13(16),14-trien-20,19-olide.
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