1993 Volume 41 Issue 6 Pages 1185-1187
A new flavonol glycoside, camelliaside C, was isolated from "tea seed cake" prepared from the defatted seeds of Camellia sinensis O. KUNTZE. The structure was determined as kaempferol 3-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(1→2)-β-D-glucopyranoside by spectroscopic methods (FAB-MS, UV, IR, 1H- and 13C-NMR) and the enzymatic transformation of camelliaside C to astragalin. Camelliaside C showed an inhibitory effect on the arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase of RBL-1 cells (IC50 : 1.4×10-4 M) as did camelliaside A and B isolated from the same product.