• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.43-48
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• 2003

From the leaves of S. japonica, three compounds were isolated and identified as follows : hypogallic acid, kaempferol and quercetin. The free radical scavenging activities of the isolated compounds were 98.2%, 96.2% and 90.2% at 100 ㎍/ml, respectively. Compound 1 (hypogallic acid) and compound 2 (kaempferol) indicated higher antioxidative activity compared with reference compound, BHT.