It is important to search for the ingredients with SOD—like activity present in Chinese traditional drugs.Four classes of constituents including fifteen compounds isolated from Chinese rhubarb were studied for their ...It is important to search for the ingredients with SOD—like activity present in Chinese traditional drugs.Four classes of constituents including fifteen compounds isolated from Chinese rhubarb were studied for their SOD-like activity by determining the percentage of scavenging effect of the superoxide radical anion (O2),(S%),The results showed that the SOD-like activities of four tanninoid compounds were stronger among which(—)-epi- catechin has the strongest SOD-like activity at lower concentrations:the activity of five stil- bene compounds is weaker:while chrysophanol-8-glucoside and desoxyrhaponticin have no SOD-like activity and,on the contrary.may promote the production of O_2^-展开更多
基金This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaA preliminary report of this work has heen presented at the First International Symposium OH Rhubarb.Chengde China.May 30.1990
文摘It is important to search for the ingredients with SOD—like activity present in Chinese traditional drugs.Four classes of constituents including fifteen compounds isolated from Chinese rhubarb were studied for their SOD-like activity by determining the percentage of scavenging effect of the superoxide radical anion (O2),(S%),The results showed that the SOD-like activities of four tanninoid compounds were stronger among which(—)-epi- catechin has the strongest SOD-like activity at lower concentrations:the activity of five stil- bene compounds is weaker:while chrysophanol-8-glucoside and desoxyrhaponticin have no SOD-like activity and,on the contrary.may promote the production of O_2^-