Studies on Biological Activity of Wood Extractives (XI) - Compounds from Heartwood of Taxus cuspidata and Their Antioxdative Activities -

수목추출물의 생리활성에 관한 연구(XI) - 주목(Taxus cuspidata) 심재 추출성분 및 항산화활성 -

Antimicrobial and antioxidative activities of heartwood extractives of domestic species were investigated to develop a natural fungicide or preservative. Four lignan derivatives and one taxane were isolated from heartwood of Taxus cuspidata which has been selected due to its high antioxidative activity among the tested species. The chemical structures were identified as : taxusin, isolariciresinol (4, 4', 9, 9'-tetrahydroxy-3', 5-dimethoxy-2, 7'-cyclolignan), lariciresinol (4, 4', 9-trihydroxy-3, 3'-dimethoxy-7, 9'-epoxylignan), taxiresinol (3, 4, 4', 9-tetrahydroxy-3'-methoxy-7, 9'-epoxylignan) and isotaxiresinol (3', 4, 4', 9, 9'-pentahydroxy- 5-methoxy-2, 7'-cyclolignan) on the basis of spectroscopic data and their chemical correlations. According to the results of free radical scavenging activity, isolariciresinol, lariciresinol and isotaxiresinol showed higher radical scavenging activity than those of 𝛼-tocopherol and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), the strongest natural and synthetic antioxidants. However, taxusin did not show any free radical scavenging activity. In this regard, it could inferred that high antioxidative activity of extractives of T. cuspidata was derived from isolariciresinol, lariciresinol and isotaxiresinol.

항산화활성이 우수한 주목 심재 에탄올 추출물로부터 Sephadex LH-20, centrifugal partition chromatography (CPC), silica gel column chromatography 등을 이용하여 5종의 화합물을 단리하였으며, NMR, Mass spectrometry 등의 기기분석 결과 taxane 화합물인 taxusin를 비롯하여 lignan인 isolariciresinol (4, 4', 9, 9'-tetrahydroxy-3', 5-dimethoxy-2, 7'-cyclolignan), lariciresinol (4, 4', 9-trihydroxy-3, 3'-dimethoxy-7, 9'-epoxylignan), taxiresinol (3, 4, 4', 9-tetrahydroxy-3'-methoxy-7, 9'-epoxylignan) 및 isotaxiresinol (3', 4, 4', 9, 9'-pentahydroxy-5-methoxy-2, 7'-cyclolignan)을 각각 동정하였다. 이들 단리된 화합물의 프리라디칼 소거능을 측정하여 항산화활성을 검정한 결과 taxusin을 제외한 3종의 lignan 화합물인 isolariciresinol, lariciresinol, isotaxiresinol 모두 천연항산화제 및 합성항산화제보다 높은 라디칼 소거능을 나타내어 항산화활성이 우수한 것으로 판명되었다. 이상의 결과 주목의 심재 에탄올 조추출물의 높은 항산화활성은 이들 성분에 기인하는 것으로 사료되었다.