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Antioxidant activity and constituents of extracts from the root of Garcinia multiflora

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The methanolic extract of the root of Garcinia multiflora and its derived soluble fractions, namely those soluble in ethyl acetate (EtOAc), n-butanol, and water, were screened for their antioxidant activities. Among them, the EtOAc-soluble fraction exhibited the highest scavenging activity against the 1,1-dipheny1,2-picrylhydrazyl radical, the highest superoxide radical scavenging activity, and the strongest reducing power. In addition, according to the bioactivity-guided isolation, 26 specific phytocompounds, including 3 aromatics, 3 benzophenones, 3 flavonoids, 3 isocoumarins, 1 phloroglucinol, 6 steroids, and 7 xanthones, were isolated from the EtOAc-soluble fraction and identified. Of these, 2,4,3′,4′-tetrahydroxy-6-methoxybenzophenone and 1,3,6,7-tetrahydroxyxanthone were found to be the major bioactive constituents, present in the crude extract in concentrations of 3.9 and 15.6 mg/g, respectively. These two compounds had similar antioxidant activities to (+)-catechin, a well-known antioxidant.

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  1. Department of Forestry, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, 402, Taiwan

    Jyh-Horng Wu & Sheng-Yang Wang

  2. School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan

    Yu-Tang Tung & Shang-Tzen Chang

  3. Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan

    Chiou-Fung Chyu & Shih-Chang Chien

  4. Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106, Taiwan

    Yueh-Hsiung Kuo

  5. Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan

    Yueh-Hsiung Kuo

  6. Tsuzuki Institute for Traditional Medicine, College of Pharmacy, China Medical University, Taichung, 404, Taiwan

    Yueh-Hsiung Kuo

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Wu, JH., Tung, YT., Chyu, CF. et al. Antioxidant activity and constituents of extracts from the root of Garcinia multiflora . J Wood Sci 54, 383–389 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-008-0961-9

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