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Studies on the antioxidant components of Korean ginseng (III)

Identification of phenolic acids

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The effective components of Korean ginseng showing the lipid-peroxide depressing activity were isolated. From the ether-soluble acidic fraction of fresh ginseng three phenolic acids were obtained. Salicylic acid and vanillic acid exhibited the potent antioxidant activity, whereasp-hydroxycinnamic acid did not.

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  1. Natural Products Research Institute, Seoul National University, 110, Seoul

    Byung Hoon Han, Myung Hwan Park & Yong Nam Han

  2. Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Science, Kangweon National University, 200, Chuncheon, Korea

    Byung Hoon Han, Myung Hwan Park & Yong Nam Han

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Han, B.H., Park, M.H. & Han, Y.N. Studies on the antioxidant components of Korean ginseng (III). Arch. Pharm. Res. 4, 53–58 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02856441

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