• Title/Summary/Keyword: Katsura tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) bark

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Hydrolysable Tannins from Cercidiphyllum japonicum Bark

  • Lee, Min-Sung;Min, Hee-Jeong;Si, Chuan-Ling;Bae, Young-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.559-570
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    • 2016
  • The EtOAc and $H_2O$ soluble fractions of Katsura tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum Sieb. Et Zucc) bark extracts were chromatographed on a Sephadex LH-20 column with various aqueous MeOH. Gallic acid (1), methyl galate (2), kurigalin (3), 1,2,3,6-tetra-O-galloyl-${\beta}$-D-glucose (4) and 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-${\beta}$-D-glucose (5) were isolated from EtOAc fraction. Isocorilagin (6) and methyl galate (2) were separated from $H_2O$ fraction. The structure determination was done by $^1H$ and $^{13}C$ NMR. Of these isolated compounds, methyl galate (2), kurigalin (3) and isocorilagin (6) were isolated, for the first time, from the bark extracts of Cercidiphyllum japonicum.

A Polyoxygenated Ellagitannin from Cercidiphyllum japonicum Bark

  • Lee, Min-Sung;Min, Hee-Jeong;Kim, Jin-Kyu;Bae, Young-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.44 no.4
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    • pp.551-558
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    • 2016
  • Katsura tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum Sieb. Et Zucc) bark was collected, air-dried and extracted with 70% aqueous acetone, then concentrated and sequentially fractionated using n-hexane, methylene chloride ($CH_2Cl_2$), ethylacetate (EtOAc), and $H_2O$. The $H_2O$ fraction was chromatographed on a Sephadex LH-20 column with various aqueous MeOH eluting solvents to isolate an ellagitannin. The isolate was elucidated as macabarterin, a polyoxygenated ellagitannin by NMR analysis, including HSQC, HMBC, Q-TOF MS, and with the comparison of authentic literature data. The compound was an ellagitannin which was isolated, for the first time, from the extracts of Katsura tree bark, and has never been reported before in domestic tree or plant sources.

Evaluation of Biological Activity on The Hydrolyzable Tannins of Katsura Tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) (계수나무 가수분해형 탄닌의 생리활성 평가)

  • Min, Hee-Jeong;Lee, Min-Sung;Kim, Young-Kyoon;Bae, Young-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.250-257
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    • 2017
  • Eight hydrolyzable tannin compounds, such as gallic acid (1), methyl gallate (2), kurigalin (3), 1,2,3,6-tetra-O-galloyl-${\beta}$-D-(+)-glucose (4), 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-${\beta}$-D-(+)-glucose (5), 6-m-digalloyl-1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-${\beta}$-D-(+)-glucose (6), isocorilagin (7), macabarterin (8), were isolated from the EtOAc and $H_2O$ soluble fractions of Katsura tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) leaves, wood and bark. Then antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activity were evaluated on the each isolated compound. The antioxidative test was DPPH radical scavenging activity and all of the isolated compounds indicated much higher antioxidative values compare to the controls, BHT and ${\alpha}$-tocopherol. In the anti-inflammatory test measuring nitric oxide (NO) inhibition activity, methyl gallate, 1,2,3,6-tetra-O-galloyl-${\beta}$-D-glucose and 1,2,3,4,6-penta-O-galloyl-${\beta}$-D-glucose inhibited NO production, and especially, methyl gallate showed high inhibition activity. However, the anti-inflammatory activity of the hydrolyzable tannins did not show positive effect. Based on the above results, the hydrolyzable tannins of katsura tree may be used as one of the natural biomass sources that can substitute with the synthetic antioxidant.