Abstract: Eight components were isolated from the seeds of Lens culinaris Medic. Basedon chemical and spectroscopic analysis, 7 of them were identified as β-sitosterol, β-sitosterylpalmitate, β-sitosterol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, palmitic acid, 9, 10-dihydroxyoctadecanoic acid, ethyl-α-D-glucopyranoside, and 3-O-methyl-D-chiro-inositol. The other one was a new cerebroside, named culinariside.

Key words: Lens culinaris Medic, Cerebroside, Culinariside