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Compounds inhibitory to rat liver 5α-reductase from tropical commercial wood species: resveratrol trimers from melapi (Shorea sp.) heartwood

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5α-Reductase inhibitory activity of methanol extracts of the heartwood of 13 tropical wood species were examined. Strong 5α-reductase inhibitory activity was observed withShorea species. From melapi (Shorea sp.), two known resveratrol trimers, vaticanol A and ampelopsin C, and two novel trimers were isolated as active compounds. The structures of the two novel resveratrol trimers were elucidated by one- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic analyses, including1H-1HCOSY, HMQC, and HMBC. The compounds were named melapinol A and melapinol B. There were no significant differences among the 5α-reductase inhibitory activities of the four resveratrol trimers, which were significantly stronger than those ofα-linolenic acid and epigallocatechin gallate, known 5α-reductase inhibitors.

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  1. Fukuoka Industrial Technology Center, Interior Design Research Institute, 405-3 Agemaki, Okawa, 831-0031, Fukuoka, Japan

    Yoshio Hirano

  2. Department of Forest Products, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 812-8581, Fukuoka, Japan

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Hirano, Y., Kondo, R. & Sakai, K. Compounds inhibitory to rat liver 5α-reductase from tropical commercial wood species: resveratrol trimers from melapi (Shorea sp.) heartwood. J Wood Sci 47, 308–312 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00766718

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