PROCYANIDIN DIMERS AND TRIMERS FROM DOUGLAS FIR INNER BARK

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)97836-1

The aqueous fraction of the inner bark extract of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) yielded two novel natural procyanidin trimers, epicatechin-(4β->8)-catechin-(4α->8)-catechin and epicatechin-(4β->6)-epicatechin-(4β->8)-epicatechin, and two known trimers, epicatechin-(4β->8)-epicatechin-(4β->8)-epicatechin and epicatechin-(4β->8)-epicatechin-(4β->8)-catechin.Catechin, epicatechin and procyanidin dimers B1, B2, B3 and B4 were also isolated.The structures of all of these procyanidins were elucinated from their 13C NMR data and by partial acid catalysed degradation with benzylthiol.Key Word Index - Pseudotsuga mentiesii; Pinaceae; flavon-3-ols; procyanidin; dimers; trimers; benzylthiol; degradation.