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Two flavones, hispidulin (1) and jaceosidin (2), and the phenylethanoid glycosides, verbascoside (3), isoverbascoside (4), and conandroside (5), were identified and their chemical structures were determined by spectroscopic analyses. The insecticidal activity of compounds 1 and 2, in addition to 11 compounds isolated in a previous research (6\u201316), was evaluated against the Yellow Fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Four compounds displayed adulticidal activity with LD50 values of 2\u20132.3 \u03bcg\/mosquito. Free radical scavenging properties of the plant extracts and compounds (1\u20135) were evaluated by measuring the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) and 2,2\u2032-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonate radical cation (ABTS\u2022+) scavenging activity. All compounds exhibited notable activity, compared with the positive control, l-Ascorbic acid. 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