L-Cystathionine and L-selenocystathionine have been isolated from the foliage of Astragalus pectinatus. In addition to these two amino acids, some S-methylcysteine and trace amounts of Se-methylselenocysteine were also detected in the foliage extracts. The seeds of A. pectinatus were found to contain significant amounts of all four of these amino acids plus the γ-glutamyl peptides of S-methylcysteine and Se-methylselenocysteine.