Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin
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Medicinal Flowers. VIII. Radical Scavenging Constituents from the Flowers of Prunus mume: Structure of Prunose III
Hisashi MatsudaToshio MorikawaTomoko IshiwadaHiromi ManagiMasatomo KagawaYoshihiko HigashiMasayuki Yoshikawa
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2003 Volume 51 Issue 4 Pages 440-443

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The methanolic extract and its fractions from the fresh flowers of Prunus mume SIEB. et ZUCC. were found to show scavenging effects on 1,1-diphenylpicryl-2-hydrazyl (DPPH) radical and superoxide. The fragrance constituents of P. mume were analyzed by GC-MS and a new polyacylated sucrose, prunose III, was isolated from the ethyl acetate-soluble fraction. The structure of prunose III was determined on the basis of chemical and physicochemical evidence as 4,3′,4′,6′-tetra-O-acetyl-6-O-p-coumaroylsucrose. In addition, the scavenging effects of the principal constituents on DPPH radical and superoxide were examined.

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