A cinnamide derivative from Solanum verbascifolium L.

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.