BIOACTIVE PHENOLIC-COMPOUNDS IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINES

Bioactive phenolic compounds in traditional medicines were investigate d. Arctigenin, matairesinol, trachelogenin and nortrachelogenin from C aulis Trachelospermi, mauritianin from Herba Catharanthi, plantamajosi de, acetoside and plantaginin from Plantago Herb, suspensaside, forsyt hiaside and (+)-pinoresinol O-beta-D-glucoside from Forsythia Fruit, a nd (+)-syringaresinol di-O-beta-D-glucoside from Eleutherococcus, were respectively isolated and subjected to assays for thier biological ac tivities.