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Studies on Biological Activity of Wood Extractives (IX) - Antionxidative Compounds from Heartwood of Robinia pseudo-acacia -  

Choi, Don-Ha (Korea Forest Research Institute)
Lee, Hak-Ju (Korea Forest Research Institute)
Lee, Sung-Suk (Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kim, Yun-Geun (Korea Forest Research Institute)
Kang, Ha-Young (Korea Forest Research Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology / v.30, no.4, 2002 , pp. 51-57 More about this Journal
Abstract
Antimicrobial and antioxidative activites on heartwood extractives of domestic species were investigated to develop a natural fungicide or preservative. One steroid, stilbene derivatives and two flavonoids were isolated from heartwood of Robinia pseudo-acacia which has been selected due to its high antioxidative activity among the tested species. The structures were determinded as: 3-𝛽-stigmast-5-en-3-ol(daucosterol), 3,3'4,5-tetrahydroxystilbene, 3,3'4'5,7-pentahydroxyflavone(robinetin) and 3,3'4'7-tetrahydroxyflavanone(fustin) respectively on the basis of spectroscopic data and chemical correlations. According to the results of free radical scavenging activity, 3,3'4'5,7-pentahydroxyflavone was evaluated as the highest antioxidative compound among the four compounds and showed higher radical scavenging activity than those of 𝛼-tocopherol and butylated hydroxytoluene(BHT), one of the strongest synthetic antioxidants. 3,3'4'5-Tetrahydroxystilbene and 3,3'4'7-tetrahydroxyflavanone showed higher antioxidative activities than that of 𝛼-tocopherol. However, 3-𝛽-stigmast-5-en-3-ol did not show free radical scavenging activity. In this regard, it could inferred that high antioxidative activity of extractives of R. pseudo-acacia was derived from 3,3'4'5'7-pentahydroxyflavone, 3,3'4'5-tetrahydroxystilbene and 3,3'4'7-tetrahydroxyflavanone.
Keywords
Robinia pseudo-acacia; 3-${\beta}$-stigmast-5-en-3-ol; 3,3',4',5-tetrahydroxystilbene; 3,3',4',5',7-pentahydroxyflavone; 3,3',4',7-tetrahydroxyflavanone; antioxidative activity;
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