Studies on chemical constituents from the seed of Trigonella foenum-graecum / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the chemical constituents from the seed of Trigonella foenum-graecum.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The compounds were isolated with silica gel chromatography and their structures were identified by physical, chemical properties and spectral analysis.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>Seven compounds were isolated and identified as N,N'-dicarbazyl, glycerol monopalmitate, stearic acid, beta-sitosteryl glucopyranoside, ethyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside, D-3-O-methyl-chiroinsitol and sucrose.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>All the compounds were obtained from this plant for the first time and N,N'-dicarbazyl is a new natural product.</p>