A β-glucopyranoside isolated from black mustard seeds and from the horseradish root Alliaria officinalis Andrz., Cruciferae: A. Bussy, J. Pharm. Chim. 26, 39 (1840); Gadamer, Arch. Pharm. 235, 44 (1897); Stoll, Seebeck, Helv. Chim. Acta 31, 1432 (1948). Structure: Ettlinger, Lundeen, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 78, 4173 (1956); 79, 1764 (1957). Hydrolysis: Ettlinger et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 47, 1875 (1961). Crystal structure: Waser, Watson, Nature 198, 1297 (1963). Synthesis: Benn, Ettlinger, Chem. Commun. 1965, 445; A. Kjaer, Acta Chem. Scand. 22, 3324 (1968).