A new iridoid glucoside, 5 beta ,6 beta -dihydroxyboschnaloside (1), was is
olated from the aerial parts of Euphrasia pectinata. Five known iridoid glu
cosides, 6 beta -hydroxyboschnaloside (2), aucubin, euphroside, plantarenal
oside, and geniposidic acid, and two known phenylethanoid glycosides, verba
scoside (= acteoside) and leucosceptoside A, were also obtained and charact
erized. The structure of compound 1 was established by spectroscopic eviden
ce.