title: Antihepatotoxic activity of phenolic flavan-3-ols and their derivatives.
abstract: The protective activity against carbon tetrachloride induced hepatotoxicity of several phenolic flavan-3-ols and their derivatives has been assessed. Our research showed that monomers possessing a pyrogallol moiety as the B-ring had greater activity and this was not directly related to the stereo-chemistry of the hydroxyl group at C-3 in the flavan unit. However, when a galloyl group was linked to the hydroxyl group to form a gallate, this product exhibited markedly more activity than other analogs. These results suggest that the antihepatotoxic activity of phenolic flavan-3-ols and their derivatives seem to be related to the galloylation at the C-3 hydroxyl group in the flavan skeleton rather than the structure of another moiety or the degree of condensation.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Taipei Medical College, Taiwan.
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR
chemical_list: D005419:Flavonoids; D002251:Carbon Tetrachloride