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Tannins from Canarium album with potent antioxidant activity

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The contents of total phenolics and extractable condensed tannins in the leaves, twigs and stem bark of Canarium album were determined. The structural heterogeneity of condensed tannings from stem bark was characterized by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analyses. The results show the predominance of signals representative of procyanidins and prodelphinidins. In addition, epicatechin and epigallocatechin polymers with galloylated procyanidin or prodelphinidin were also observed. The tannins were screened for their potential antioxidant activities using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and ferric reducing/antioxidant power (FRAP) model systems. Tannins extracted from leaves, twigs and stem bark all showed a very good DPPH radical scavenging activity and ferric reducing power.

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  1. Department of Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Liang-liang Zhang & Yi-ming Lin

  2. Research Centre for Wetlands and Ecological Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Yi-ming Lin

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30671646), the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University, China (No. NCET-07-0725), and the Program for Innovative Research Team in Science and Technology in Fujian Province University, China

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Zhang, Ll., Lin, Ym. Tannins from Canarium album with potent antioxidant activity. J. Zhejiang Univ. Sci. B 9, 407–415 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1631/jzus.B0820002

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