Isoamericanoic Acid B from Acer tegmentosum as a Potential Phytoestrogen.

ABSTRACT: Phytoestrogens derived from plants have attracted the attention of the general public and the medical community due to their potentially beneficial role in relieving menopausal symptoms. The deciduous tree Acer tegmentosum Maxim (Aceraceae) has long been utilized in Korean folk medicine to alleviate many physiological disorders, including abscesses, surgical bleeding, and liver diseases. In order to explore structurally and/or biologically new constituents from Korean medicinal plants, a comprehensive phytochemical study was carried out on the bark of A. tegmentosum. One new phenolic compound with a 1,4-benzodioxane scaffold, isoamericanoic acid B (1), as well as with nine known phenolic compounds (2⁻10), were successfully isolated from the aqueous extrac

SUBMITTER: Lee SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6315828 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature