BIOACTIVE PHYTOCHEMICALS IN ZIZYPHUS AND GUARANA

摘要

Described are compositions comprising selected isolated 4-hydroxymethyl-prolines, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or derivatives thereof. Also described are novel 4-hydroxymethyl-N-methyl-prolines, together with processes for their preparation, compositions containing them, as well as their use as medicaments and pharmaceuticals. Also described are processes for producing a herbal medicine comprising the step of monitoring the quality of said herbal medicine by detecting the presence or absence or measuring the amount of one or more 4-hydroxymethyl-N-methyl-prolines in a sample of said herbal medicine.