• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.43-46
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• 2003

From Portulaca oleracea which is widely distributed in Korea and has long been used as a folk medicine, two biophenolic glycosides, 3-hydroxy-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)phenyl-4-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (1) and 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) ethyl-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside (2) were isolated using column chromatography and reversed-phase HPLC. $^{13}C$ NMR spectral assignment for these compounds was revised by the extensive 2-D NMR experiments such as NOESY, HMQC, and HMBC. These compounds showed a considerable antioxidant effect in DPPH assay system.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.111-114
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• 2004

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.668-672
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• 2003

An antioxidative activity of Portulaca oleracea was tested by in vitro experimental models. The antioxidative activities were determined by evaluation the DPPH radical scavenging activity and by measuring lipid peroxide using 2-thiobarbituric acid (TBA). The crude extract was sequentially partitioned with n-hexane, 15% aq. MeOH, EtOAc, n-BuOH, $H_2O$. Among them, a remarkable antioxidative effect was observed in the fractions of EtOAc and n-BuOH. The DPPH radical scavenging effect $(IC_{50}=17.90{\mu}g/ml)$ of the n-BuOH soluble fraction was comparable with that of natural antioxidant, ${\alpha}-tocopherol(IC_{50}=\;6.99{\mu}g/ml)$ and the inhibitory effect of lipid peroxidation in mouse liver homogenate was similar to that of natural antioxidant, L-ascorbic acid at a concentration of 0.1mg/ml to 5mg/ml. From the BuOH soluble fraction yielded two biophenolic glycosides, 3-hydroxy-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)phenyl-4-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside(1) and 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethyl-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside(2) using column chromatography and revered-phase HPLC. In particular, the DPPH radical scavenging activity of 2 was comparable to that tocopherol$(IC_{50}=6.59{\mu}g/ml)$.