우리나라에서 식용으로 이용되는 진달래꽃으로부터 6성분의 폐놀산 화합물이 분리동정되었다. 이들 화합물의 구조는 IR, UV, $^{1}H$과 $^{13}C$ NMR, FAB-MS, ES-MS와 EI-MS에 의해 얻어진 분광학적인 결과에 근거하여, chlorogenic acid, 3,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 4,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, caffeic acid, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid인 것으로 밝혀졌다. Chlorogenic acid (0.2 g)는 ethyl acetate과 ethyl ether 분획에 동시에 함유되어 있었고, polyamide C-200 관 크로마토그래피법, 분취용 박층크로마토그래피법, 재결정법, Sephadex LH-20 관 크로마토그래피법을 통해서 양 구분으로부터 최종적으로 회수된 총 페놀산 함량 (0.52 g)의 38.5%를 차지하였다. 항산화성은 티오시안산철의 존재하에서 리놀레산의 에타놀 용액 중에서 측정되었다. 항산화능은 p-coumaric acid<${alpha}-tocopherol$<ferulic acid<caffeic acid<chlorogenic acid<4,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid<3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid의 순서로 증대되었다.
Six phenolic acids were isolated from Jindalrae flowers (Rhododendron mucronulatum Turcz.), an edible plant in Korea. These compounds were identified as chlorogenic acid, 3,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, 4,5-O-dicaffeoylquinic acid, caffeic acid, ferulic acid, and p-coumaric acid on the basis of IR, UV, $^{1}H$ and $^{13}C$ NMR, FAB-MS, ES-MS and/or El-MS data. Chlorogenic acid (0.2 g) present in both ethyl acetate and ethyl ether fractions comprised up to 38.5% of the total phenolic acid amount (0.52 g) finally recovered by means of polyamide C-200 column chromatography, preparative TLC, recrystallization, and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography The antioxidant activities were measured in an ethanol solution of linoleic acid in the presence of ferric thiocyanate. The antioxidant efficiency increased in the order of p-coumaric acid<${alpha}-tocopherol$<ferulic acid<caffeic acid <chlorogenic acid<4,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid<3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid.
