Chlorogenic acid is a phenolic natural product isolated from the leaves and fruits of dicotyledonous plants, including the coffee bean. Structurally, chlorogenic acid is the ester of caffeic acid with the 3-hydroxyl group of quinic acid. Chlorogenic acid is an important factor in plant metabolism. It is also an antioxidant and an inhibitor of the tumor promoting activity of phorbol esters.1,2 Chlorogenic acid, at concentrations as high as 100 µM, does not inhibit the 5-lipoxygenase activity of ionophore-stimulated human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.3
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Huang, M.T., Smart, R.C., Wong, C., et al. Inhibitory effect of curcumin, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, and ferulic acid on tumor promotion in mouse skin by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate. Cancer Res485941-5946(1988).
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Conney, A.H., Lysz, T., Ferraro, T., et al. Inhibitory effect of curcumin and some related dietary compounds on tumor promotion and arachidonic acid metabolism in mouse skin. Adv Enzyme Regul31385-396(1991).
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Kimura, Y., Okuda, H., Okuda, T., et al. Studies on the activities of tannins and related compounds, X. Effects of caffeetannins and related compounds on arachidonate metabolism in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. J Nat Prod50392-399(1987).
Conney, A.H., Lysz, T., Ferraro, T., et al. Inhibitory effect of curcumin and some related dietary compounds on tumor promotion and arachidonic acid metabolism in mouse skin. Adv Enzyme Regul31385-396(1991).
Huang, M.T., Smart, R.C., Wong, C., et al. Inhibitory effect of curcumin, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, and ferulic acid on tumor promotion in mouse skin by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate. Cancer Res485941-5946(1988).
Kimura, Y., Okuda, H., Okuda, T., et al. Studies on the activities of tannins and related compounds, X. Effects of caffeetannins and related compounds on arachidonate metabolism in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. J Nat Prod50392-399(1987).
Grace, S.C., Salgo, M.G., and Pryor, W.A. Scavenging of peroxynitrite by a phenolic/peroxidase system prevents oxidative damage to DNA. FEBS Lett24624-28(1998).