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DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958034
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Tannins with Antimutagenic Properties in the Herb of Alchemilla Species and Potentilla anserina*
* Dedicated to Prof. Dr. F.-C. Czygan, University of Würzburg, on the occasion of his 60th birthday.Publication History
1994
1994
Publication Date:
04 January 2007 (online)
Abstract
Self-prepared ethanolic and aqueous extracts and commercial tinctures derived from the herb of Alchemilla spec. and Potentilla anserina were compared for their antimutagenic potency using 2-nitrofluorene as standard mutagen. All samples studied showed weak or moderate activities. The total amount of tannins did not correlate well with the degree of inhibition. However, tannin-free extracts did not display any inhibition of mutagenicity. Therefore, the tannin fraction participates at least partly in the antimutagenicity of the extracts examined.
Key words
Tannins - ellagic acid - antimutagenicity - Alchemilla mollis - Alchemilla alpina - Potentilla anserina - Rosaceae