Tyrosinase inhibitory and anti-tumor promoting activities of 14 compounds isolated from safflower and cotton oil cakes were evaluated together with the two genins of glycosides, trachorogenin (8a) and quercetin (12a). Catechin (11) and quercetin (12a) showed moderate tyrosinase inhibitory activity. N-(p-Coumaroyl)serotonin (1) and its 5-O-glucoside (3) exhibited weak anti-tyrosinase activity, but potent inhibitory activity on melanine production in the assay. Serotonin derivatives (1-4). 2-hydroxyarctiin (8), matairesinol glycoside (9) and sesquiterpene glucosides (13, 14) exhibited potent inhibitory activity on phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate induced Epstein-Barr virus early antigen activation, which is the short term in vitro assay for anti-tumor-promoting activity.
Antioxidant, tyrosinase inhibitor, safflower oil cake, cotton oil cake, anti-tumor-promoter
Publication DOI: 10.1080/10575630008041225Journal NLM ID: 9315615Publisher: Taylor & Francis Health Sciences
Institutions: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan, Department of Biochemistry, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
Methods: biological assays