| abstract |
【Task】 It is an object of the present invention to provide novel phenol compounds useful in the fields of foods, pharmaceuticals, quasi-drugs, cosmetics, and the like, and to provide excellent antioxidants and cyclooxygenase inhibitors, particularly cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors containing them. . [Solution] The present invention is a compound represented by the following general formula (1), and further relates to an antioxidant and a cyclooxygenase inhibitor comprising the compound. Embedded image (1) R 1 in the formula (1) represents an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms which may have a branch, and R 2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a protecting group for a phenolic hydroxyl group. Show. [Selection diagram] None |