Studies of the active substances in herbs used for hair treatment. II. Isolation of hair regrowth substances, acetosyringone and polyporusterone A and B, from Polyporus umbellatus Fries

Biol Pharm Bull. 1999 Nov;22(11):1189-92. doi: 10.1248/bpb.22.1189.

Abstract

Fractionation of the 50% ethanol extract of Polyporus umbellatus Fries by column chromatography on Amberlite XAD-2, silica gel, Sephadex LH-20 and octadecyl silica gel (ODS) (C18)) monitored by a hair-regrowth activity assay, afforded three active principles, 1, 2 and 3. The structures of 1, 2 and 3 were determined as acetosyringone, polyporusterone A, and polyporusterone B by comparison of their spectral data with that of authentic samples, respectively. The effects of several compounds related to acetosyringone, 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde or polyporusterone A on hair regrowth were also investigated.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzaldehydes / isolation & purification
  • Benzaldehydes / pharmacology
  • Catechols / isolation & purification
  • Catechols / pharmacology
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Ecdysterone / isolation & purification
  • Ecdysterone / pharmacology
  • Hair / growth & development*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C3H
  • Polyporaceae / chemistry*
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

  • Benzaldehydes
  • Catechols
  • protocatechualdehyde
  • Ecdysterone