Abstract:
The chemical constituents of the seeds of
Lepidium apetalum Willd. were investigated using chromatographic methods, including Diaion HP-20, Toyopearl HW-40, MCI Gel CHP-20, ODS, silica gel chromatography and semi-preparative-HPLC. Three compounds were isolated and their structures were elucidated by spectral data and physicochemical properties, which were identified as lepidiumamide A (
1),
cis-desulfoglucotropaeolin (
2),
trans-desulfoglucotropaeolin (
3). Among those, compound
1 is a new phenylacetamide, compound
2 and
3 were isolated from this plant for the first time, and their configurations were also identified for the first time.