DIMERIC AND TRIMERIC PROANTHOCYANIDINS POSSESSING A DOUBLY LINKED STRUCTURE FROM PAVETTA OWARIENSIS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0031-9422(91)83480-9

Pavetannin A-2, a new A-type proanthocyanidin, along with the trimers cinnamtannin B-1, pavetannin B-1, B-2, B-3, B-5 and B-6 have been isolated in their free phenolic form from the stem bark of Pavetta owariensis.Spectral data and partial acid-catalysed degradation established their structures as ent-epicatechin-(4α->8,2α->O->7)-catechin, epicatechin-(4β->8,2β->O->7)-epicatechin-(4α->8)-epicatechin, epicatechin-(4β->8,2β->O->7)-epicatechin-(4β->8)-ent-epicatechin, epicatechin-(4β->8,2β->O->7)-epicatechin-(4β->8)-epicatechin, epicatechin-(4β->6,2β->O->7)-epicatechin-(4β->8)-epicatechin, epicatechin-(4β->6,2β->O->7)-catechin-(4β->8)-epicatechin, epicatechin-(4β->8,2β->O->7)-epicatechin-(4α->8)-catechin, respectively. Key Word Index - Pavetta owariensis; Rubiaceae; stem bark; proanthocyanidins; doubly linked structures; dimer; trimer; thiolytic degradation.