Two new compounds, 3-O-beta -D-glucopyranosyl-3 beta, 15 alpha -dihydroxypr
egn-5-en-20-one (1) and (-)-secoisolariciresinol-O-alpha -L-rhamnopyranosid
e (2), along with six known compounds (3-8), have been isolated from the ae
rial parts of Rubus amabilis Focke. The structures of the new compounds wer
e elucidated mainly by spectroscopic methods and some chemical transformati
ons.