Other pine bark extracts, components, and biologic activities
Other pine bark extracts have important biologic activities and, like Pycnogenol, Enzogenol, and PMBE, are also rich in flavonoids and may function as ROS scavengers and have anticancer properties.
| Pine Bark Extract | Main/Effective Component | Laboratory Model | Functions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinus roxburghii sarg bark extract | Flavonoids | In vivo experimental animal model: Wistar rats and Swiss albino mice; Wistar and albino rats | Diuretic, laxative, antispasmodic, antihypertensive, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory (Kaushik et al., 2012a,b). |
| Pinus siberian cedar crust bark extract | Arabinogalactan sulfate | In vitro experiment | Anticoagulate (Drozd et al., 2008). |
| Pinus brutia bark extract | Taxifolin | In vitro experiment | Anti-inflammatory likely to PYC (Ince et al., 2009). |
| Pinus caribaea Morelet bark extract | Tannins | In vivo experiment cell line: Escherichia coli | Antioxidant, antilipid peroxidation, and antigenotoxic (Fuentes et al., 2006). |
| Pinus morrisonicola Hay bark extract | Various flavonoids | In vivo experiment cell line: u937 | Free radical scavenging and anticancer (Hsu et al., 2005). |
| Pinus koraiensis bark procyanidins extract | Procyanidine | In vivo experiment animal model: mice | Antioxidant, anticancer (Li et al., 2007). |
| Pinus cembra L. | Phenolics, flavonoids, proanthocyanidins | In vitro experiment | Antioxidant and antimicrobial (Apetrei et al., 2011). |