The invention discloses a 
toad lactam compound as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the steps of: mixing a 
toad lactone compound and 
ammonium acetate according to 
molar ratio of 1: (3-8); dissolving by utilizing 
organic solvent; reacting at a temperature of 100-160 DEG C for 0.5-3h under the protection of 
inert gas; decompressing, concentrating, removing the 
organic solvent; separating and purifying by utilizing a preparative 
high performance liquid chromatography method; and obtaining the 
toad lactam compound. The preparation method is simple, easy to carry out, safe, reliable and higher in yield. Proved by experiments, the toad 
lactam compound obtained in the invention has the advantages of good antitumor effect, very strong inhibitory action on various 
cancer cells such as PC3, DU145, 
LNCaP, MCF-7 and 
Hela, especially much better selective inhibitory action to 
hormone-dependent 
cancer cells such as the 
LNCaP and the MCF-7 than the toad 
lactone compound and remarkably lower 
toxicity to normal cells than the toad 
lactone compound. The toad lactam compound applied in preparing antitumor drugs has the advantages of being high in efficiency and low in 
toxicity and meeting the requirements of 
drug development.