Archives of Pharmacal Research
- Volume 4 Issue 1
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- Pages.53-58
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- 1981
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- 0253-6269(pISSN)
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- 1976-3786(eISSN)
Studies on the antioxidant components of Korean ginseng 3
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Han, Byung-Hoon
(Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University)
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- Park, Myung-Hwan (Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University) ;
- Nam, Han-Yong (Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Science, Kangweon National University)
- Published : 1981.06.01
Abstract
The effective components of Korean ginseng showing the lipid-peroxide depressing activity were isolated. From the ether-soluble acidic fraction of fresh ginseng three phenolic acids were obtained. Salicylic acid and vanilic acid exhibited the potent antioxidant activity, where p-hydroxycinnamic acid did not.