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Carissa spinarum  has been traditionally used for the treatment of various diseases due to its different pharmacological activities. However, the active compounds responsible for its potentially specific activities have rarely been explored. To this end, the ethyl acetate (EA) fraction was screened out and selected for further phytochemical isolation because of its promising activities in preliminary 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) and COX-2 inhibition assays. As a result, 10 compounds ( 1 − 10 ), including a new one ( 5 ), were isolated, with eight of these being identified as phenolic compounds, as expected. Compound  9  possessed an IC 50  value of 16.5 ± 1.2 µM, which was lower than that of positive control (vitamin C, 25.5 ± 0.3 µM) in the DPPH assay, and compounds  2 ,  6 ,  7  and  9  showed better total antioxidant capacity than vitamin C in the FRAP assay. Meanwhile, compounds  1 − 6  and  9  also had IC 50  values of less than 1.0 µM, which was even better than the positive control indomethacin in the COX-2 inhibition assay. In this context, compounds  2  and  9  were further evaluated to exhibit clear hepatoprotective activities by improving the L02 cell viability and reducing ROS production using a H 2 O 2 -induced L02 cell injury model. This study provides initial evidence revealing the most potent phenolic compounds from the root bark of  C. spinarum  responsible for its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective activities.

Phenolic Compounds from Carissa spinarum Are Characterized by Their Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory and Hepatoprotective Activities