The antioxidative compounds of the Aster tataricus

  • Choi, Doo-Youn (Research Center for Proteineous Materials, Chosun University, Gwangju 501-759) ;
  • Moon, Young-Hee (College of Pharmacy, Chosun University,Gwangju 501-759) ;
  • Woo, Eun-Rhan (College of Pharmacy, Chosun University,Gwangju 501-759)
  • Published : 2003.10.01

Abstract

The Aster tataricus is a chinese traditional medicine called “Ziwan” which has an expectorative and remediable cough action. The anti-oxidant activities of A. tataricus were investigated. The MeOH extract of A. tataricus showed strong anti-oxidant activity in the NBT(nitroblue tetrazolium) method system, and thus fractionated with several solvents in to the EtOAc, n-BuOH, CH$_2$Cl$_2$, H$_2$O fraction. The EtOAc soluble fraction exhibiting strong anti-oxidant activity was further purified by repeated silica gel and sephadex LH-20 column chomatography. (omitted)

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