TY - JOUR
T1 - Pharmacologically active tannins isolated from medicinal plants.
AU - Okuda, T.
AU - Yoshida, T.
AU - Hatano, T.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Starting with the isolation of a crystalline tannin (geraniin) of mild property from a popular herb medicine (Geranii herba), various polyphenolic compounds including those belonging to new classes of tannins (oligomeric hydrolyzable tannins, complex tannins, and other metabolites and condensates) have been isolated from various medicinal plants. Noticeable biological and pharmacological activities (inhibition of carcinogenesis, host-mediated antitumor activity, antiviral activity, and inhibition of active oxygen, such as inhibition of lipid peroxidation and lipoxygenase, xanthine oxidase, and monoamine oxidase) have been found for several of these polyphenolic compounds.
AB - Starting with the isolation of a crystalline tannin (geraniin) of mild property from a popular herb medicine (Geranii herba), various polyphenolic compounds including those belonging to new classes of tannins (oligomeric hydrolyzable tannins, complex tannins, and other metabolites and condensates) have been isolated from various medicinal plants. Noticeable biological and pharmacological activities (inhibition of carcinogenesis, host-mediated antitumor activity, antiviral activity, and inhibition of active oxygen, such as inhibition of lipid peroxidation and lipoxygenase, xanthine oxidase, and monoamine oxidase) have been found for several of these polyphenolic compounds.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4615-3476-1_31
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4615-3476-1_31
M3 - Review article
C2 - 1417694
AN - SCOPUS:0026619850
VL - 59
SP - 539
EP - 569
JO - Basic Life Sciences
JF - Basic Life Sciences
SN - 0090-5542
ER -