• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.140-145
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• 2001

Antimicrobial and antioxidative activities on heartwood extractives of domestic species were investigated to develop a natural fungicide or preservative. Six flavanones including pinostrobin, eriodictyol, naringenin, pinocembrin, taxifolin and verecundin were isolated from Prunus sargentii which has been selected due to its high antimicrobial and antioxidative activities among the tested species. According to the results of antifungal test, pinocembrin was evaluated as the highest antifungal compound among the test compounds, which showed 80% of hyphal growth inhibition rate. Antifungal activity of pinocembrin was similar to hinokitiol(${\beta}$-thujaplicin), strong antimicrobial compound isolated from Thujopsis dolabrata. Naringenin followed pinocembrin in its antifungal activity. However, verecundin did not show any antifungal activity. No compound was effective in antibacterial activities. As a result of the measurement of free radical scavenging activity, antioxidative activities of taxifolin and eriodictyol were 2 times that of ${\alpha}$-tocopherol, and antioxidative index of these compounds were even superior to that of ${\alpha}$-tocopherol. In this regard, it could inferred that high antifungal and antioxidative activities of extractives of P. sargentii were derived from pinocembrin, taxifolin and eriodictyol, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.133-139
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• 2001

The structures of six flavonoids isolated from heartwood of Prunus sargentii(Rosaceae) were analyzed by Mass and NMR spectrometry. These flavonoids were grouped into dihydroflavonol, flavanone, and flavanone glycoside, and identified as follows : 3,3',4',5,7-pentahydroxyflavanone(taxifolin) as a dihydroflavonol, 5-hydroxy-7-methoxyflavanone(pinostrobin), 4',5,7-trihydroxyflavanone(naringenin), 3',4',5,7-tetrahydroxyflavanone(eriodictyol), 5,7-dihydroxyflavanone(pinoccmbrin) as a flavanone and 7-hydroxyflavanone 5-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside(verecundin) as a flavanone glycoside.