• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.147-153
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• 1991

Chemical constituents of fruits, leaves and barks of Acanthopanax senticosus forma inermis were studied. Their fruits have higher contents of crude ash, crude protein, crude fat, fructose and glucose than those of other Acanthopanax species, and contained larger amount of glutamic acid and malic acid among amino acid and organic acid, respectively. The compounds identified from their barks and leaves, were $\beta$-sitosterol and stigmasterol, sesamin, savinin, syringaresinol diglucoside, oleanolic acid, chiisanoside and polyacetytene ($C_9H_{10}O_2$, mp. 62~63).

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.167-170
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• 2008

We previously reported that 90% MeOH fraction of Biota orientalis leaves (L.) ENDL. had significant neuroprotective activity against glutamate-induced neurotoxicity in primary cultures of rat cortical cells. In the present study, (-)-savinin (1), (-)-hinokinin (2), dehydroheliobuphthalmin (3) were isolated by bioactivity-guided fractionation from the 90% MeOH fraction. All three lignans had significant neuroprotective activities against glutamate-induced neurotoxicity at the concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 10.0 ${\mu}M$.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.279-283
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• 2003

Five lignans were isolated from the chloroform fraction of Acanthopanax chiisanensis Nakai root by open column chromatography. Their structures were elucidated as (-)-sesamin (1), helioxanthin (2), savinin (3), taiwanin C (4), and 3-(3",4"-dimethoxybenzyl)-2-(3',4'-methylenedioxybenzyl) butyrolactone (5) by spectral analysis. Among them, compounds 2, 3, 4, and 5 were isolated for the first time from this plant.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.186-189
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• 2005

Anti-estrogenic activity of (-)-sesamin (1), helioxanthin (2), savinin (3), taiwanin C (4), and 3­(3,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-2-(3,4-methylenedioxybenzyl)butyrolactone (5) isolated from the root of Acanthopanax chiisanensis was tested using Ishikawa cells. Among them, compound 3 exhibited anti-estrogenic activity ($IC_{50}\;=\;4.86\;{\mu}M$).

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.153-169
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• 1988

The combined use of the J-modulated selective INEPT and CSCM 1DNMR techniques is described for the structure elucidation of several new classes of compound including prionitin, the loureirins and larreantin, and for the regiosubstitution of the furanonaphthoquinones. Spectroscopic studies on the conformation of the cytotoxic agent savinin are also described, together with the NMR assignments and preliminary biosynthetic experiments on the antitumor antibiotic staurosporine.