Antioxidant benzoylated flavan-3-ol glycoside from Celastrus orbiculatus

J Nat Prod. 2001 Jan;64(1):82-4. doi: 10.1021/np000251l.

Abstract

A new flavan-3-ol glycoside, (-)-epicatechin-5-O-beta-D-glucosyl-3-benzoate (1), and two known compounds, (-)-epicatechin and (-)-epiafzelechin, were isolated from an EtOAc extract of Celastrus orbiculatus aerial parts that exhibited significant antioxidant effect in a 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical assay. The structure of 1 was elucidated by spectroscopic analyses, and compound 1 and its aglycon, (-)-epicatechin-3-benzoate (2), were found to be moderately active as antioxidants in the DPPH assay.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / chemistry
  • Antioxidants / isolation & purification*
  • Bepridil / analogs & derivatives*
  • Bepridil / chemistry
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Catechin / chemistry
  • Catechin / isolation & purification
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification*
  • Free Radical Scavengers / chemistry
  • Free Radical Scavengers / isolation & purification*
  • Free Radicals / chemistry
  • Hydrolysis
  • Picrates*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Flavonoids
  • Free Radical Scavengers
  • Free Radicals
  • Picrates
  • epiafzelechin
  • Bepridil
  • Catechin
  • 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl