プロトカテク酸エチル(ethyl protocatechuate)はフェノール類の一つ。プロトカテク酸のエチルエステルである。落花生の種子の種皮で見られIdentification of an Antioxidant, Ethyl Protocatechuate, in Peanut Seed Testa. Shiow Chyn Huang, Gow-Chin Yen, Lee-Wen Chang, Wen-Jye Yen and Pin-Der Duh, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2003, 51 (8), pages 2380–2383, , Antioxidant activity of peanut seed testa and its antioxidative component, ethyl protocatechuate. Wen-Jye Yen, Lee-Wen Chang, Pin-Der Duh, LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 38, Issue 3, May 2005, pages 193-200, 、ワインにも含まれるIsolation and Characterization of Novel Benzoates, Cinnamates, Flavonoids, and Lignans from Riesling Wine and Screening for Antioxidant Activity. Beate Baderschneider and Peter Winterhalter, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2001, 49 (6), pages 2788–2798, 。
プロリル 4-ヒドロキシラーゼ阻害剤でありThe prolyl 4-hydroxylase inhibitor ethyl-3,4-dihydroxybenzoate generates effective iron deficiency in cultured cells. Wang J, Buss JL, Chen G, Ponka P and Pantopoulos K, FEBS Lett., 2002 Oct 9, 529(2-3), pages 309-312, , 、心筋の保護に使われるDesferoxamine and ethyl-3,4-dihydroxybenzoate protect myocardium by activating NOS and generating mitochondrial ROS. Philipp S, Cui L, Ludolph B, Kelm M, Schulz R, Cohen MV and Downey JM, Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol., 2006 Jan, 290(1), H450-457, , 。
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