Isolation, Identification, and Activity of Rosmarinic Acid, a Potent Antioxidant Extracted from Korean Agastache rugosa

한국산 방아잎(배초향, Agastache rugosa O. Kuntze)에서 항산화물질 로즈마린산의 분리, 동정 및 활성

  • Kim, Jong-Bum (Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology) ;
  • Cho, Kang-Jin (Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology) ;
  • Hwang, Young-Soo (Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology) ;
  • Park, Ro-Dong (Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Kim, Jung-Bong (Department of Biochemistry, National Institute of Agricultural Science & Technology)
  • Published : 1999.08.31

Abstract

Thirty plants were screened for their antioxidative activity. The extracts of Agastache rugosa, Schizonepeta tenuifolia and Lycopus lucidus had high free radical(2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) scavenging activities. Methanol extract of Agastache rugosa was fractionated with hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, and water. The ethyl acetate fraction showed the highest antioxidant activity in the DPPH test. The ethyl acetate fraction was applied to Sephadex LH-20 column, and the fractions showing antioxidative activity were collected and used for identification of the substance. The purified substance was applied to mass, IR, UV and NMR spectroscopy. The spectra of mass, IR, UV and NMR implied that the substance is a rosmarinic acids as a kind of phenolic compound. The rosmarinic acid has more antioxidative effect than those of BHT and ${\alpha}-tocopherol$ in the Rancimat test.

국내 식물자원 30 가지의 항산화활성을 탐색한 결과 방아잎, 형개, 택란의 methanol 추출물에서 높은 활성을 확인하였다. 그 중에서 항산화활성이 가장 높은 방아잎의 건조분말을 methanol로 환류냉각 추출하여 hexane chloroform, ethyl acetate, water 순으로 용매분획한 결과 ethyl acetate 분획에서 가장 높은 항산화활성을 확인하였으며, 이를 농축한 다음 Sephadex LH-20으로 chromatography하여 순수물질을 얻었다. 이물질을 ESIMS로 분석한 결과 분자량이 360임을 확인하였고, IR과 UV spectra에 의해서 phenol계 화합물임을 확인하였으며 NMR 분석에 의해서 이 항산화물질이 rosmarinic acid임을 확인하였다. 이 물질의 항산화활성을 검정한 결과 돈지와 팜유에 대해서 BHT나 ${\alpha}-tocopherol$보다도 우수한 지질과산화 억제효과를 나타냈다. 방아잎의 methanol추출물의 항산화력은 rosmary의 methanol 추출물과는 비슷하였으나, sage의 methanol추출물 보다는 높게 나타났다.

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