J Asian Nat Prod Res. 2002 Sep; 4(3): 185-7.

A cinnamide derivative from Solanum verbascifolium L.

Zhou LX, Ding Y.

Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

A new cinnamide derivative together with N (p-hydroxyphenylethyl) p-coumaramide and vanillic acid has been isolated from the stems of Solanum verbascifolium L., the structure of the new compound was elucidated as N-2-hydroxy-2 (p-hydroxyphenylethyl) p-coumaramide (1) on the basis of physical and chemical evidence and spectral analysis.