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Proanthocyanidins and a phloroglucinol derivative from Rumex acetosa L.

From the ethyl acetate soluble fraction of an acetone-water extract of the aerial parts of Rumex acetosa L. (Polygonaceae), a variety of monomeric flavan-3-ols (catechin, epicatechin, epicatechin-3-O-gallate), A- and B-type procyanidins and propelargonidins (15 dimers, 7 trimers, 2 tetramers) were isolated with 5 so far unknown natural products. Dimers: procyanidin B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, A2, epiafzelechin-(4β→8)-epicatechin, epiafzelechin-(4β→8)-epicatechin-3-O-gallate (new natural product), epiafzelechin-(4β→6)-epicatechin-3-O-gallate (new natural product), epiafzelechin-3-O-gallate-(4β→8)-epicatechin-3-O-gallate, B2-3′-O-gallate, B2-3,3′-di-O-gallate, B5-3′-O-gallate, and B5-3,3′-di-O-gallate. Trimers: procyanidin C1, epiafzelechin-(4β→8)-epicatechin-(4β→8)-epicatechin (new natural product), epicatechin-(4β→8)-epicatechin-(4β→8)-catechin, cinnamtannin B1, cinnamtannin B1-3-O-gallate (new natural product), tentatively epicatechin-(2β→7, 4β→8)-epiafzelechin-(4α→8)-epicatechin (new natural product), and epicatechin-3-O-gallate-(4β→8)-epicatechin-3-O-gallate-(4β→8)-epicatechin-3-O-gallate. Tetramers: procyanidin D1 and parameritannin A1. All compounds were elucidated by ESI-MS, CD spectra, 1D- and 2D-NMR experiments as free phenols or peracetylated derivatives and, in part, after partial acid-catalysed degradation with phloroglucinol. A more abundant proanthocyanidin polymer was also isolated, purified and its chemical composition studied by 13C NMR. In addition a so far unknown phloroglucinolglycoside (1-O-β-d-(2,4-dihydroxy-6-methoxyphenyl)-6-O-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxybenzoyl)-glucopyranoside) was isolated.

Synthetic studies of proanthocyanidins. Part 4. The synthesis of procyanidin B1 and B4: TMSOTf-catalyzed cyclization of catechin and epicatechin condensation

Highly stereoselective synthesis of 3,4-trans series of (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin dimers under intramolecular condensation is described. Intramolecular condensation achieved an equimolar amount of coupling with 3,4-trans stereoselectivity and we succeeded in the synthesis of two 3,4-trans natural procyanidins, procyanidin-B1 and B4.

CHARACTERIZATION AND TRYPSIN INHIBITOR ACTIVITY OF PROANTHOCYANIDINS FROM VICIA FABA

In a chemical investigation epicatechin, epigallocatechin, the procyanidins B-1, B-3 and B-4, and the prodelphinidins gallocatechin-(4α,8)-catechin, gallocatechin-(4α,8)-epicatechin and gallocatechin-(4α,8)-epigallocatechin have been isolated from the testa of faba beans and characterized by means of spectroscopic methods.Proanthocyanidin samples were compared for their trypsin inhibitory activity.The results suggest that the degree of polymerization, the number of phenolic hydroxyl groups and the 2,3-stereochemistry of the constituent units affect remarkably the strength of the inhibition.

PROCYANIDINS AND POLYPHENOLS OF LARIX GMELINI BARK

Key Word Index - Larix gmelini; Pinaceae; bark; catechins; procyanidins; biflavonoids; larixinol.Methanol extracts of Larix gmelini bark yielded (-)-epiafzelechin, (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin, dimeric procyanidins B-1, B-2, B-3 and B-4 and oligomeric procyanidins.Chemical degradation of the oligomers using toluene-α-thiol and acetic acid showed the oligomers to have flavan-3-ol terminal units possessing either the 2,3-trans (catechin) or 2,3-cis (epicatechin) stereochemistry, with the former predominating.Likewise the extension units were shown to consist of flavan-3-ol units with 2,3-trans or 2,3-cis stereochemistry in roughly equal proportion.The average degree of oligomerization was calculated as 6-7 and the number average molecular weight as 1700-2000.The structure of the residual procyanidins remaining in the bark after methanol extraction is also briefly commented upon.Larixinol is shown to have an unusual spirobiflavonoid structure and a pathway of biogenesis is proposed.

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PROCYANIDIN DIMERS AS THEIR PERACETATES AND OCTAMETHYL ETHER DIACETATES

Key Word Index - Biomimetic synthesis; procyanidins B1-B8; 3,4-cis-biflavanoid; all--bi--(+)-catechin; 1H NMR parameters. Condensation of (2R,3S,4R or S)-leucocyanidin or the 5,7,3',4'-tetramethyl ether of (2R,3R,4S)-leucocyanidin with flavan-3-ols yielded dimeric flavanoids which were converted to their octamethyl ether diacetates, or the deca-acetates for the 2,3-trans-procyanidin series.Comparison is made of the 1H NMR spectra of the deca-acetate and octamethyl ether diacetate derivatives which lead to useful diagnostic shift parameters characteristic of their structures.Condensation afforded a novel biflavanoid with a 3,4-cis-configuration and a triflavanoid of 'mixed' stereochemistry.

HETEROGENEITY OF INTERFLAVANOID BOND LOCATION IN LOBLOLLY PINE BARK PROCYANIDINS

Procyanidins B-1 B-3 and B-7 were obtained from Pinus taeda phloem in yields of 0.076, 0.021 and 0.034percent of unextracted dry wt.Procyanidins B-1 and B-7 were produced in relative yields of 2.4:1 by biosynthetically patterned synthesis from catechin and loblolly pine tannins.Partial acid-catalysed thiolytic cleavage of loblolly pine phloem tannins produced (2R,3S,4S)-2,3-cis-3,4-trans-3,3',4',5,7-pentahydroxy-4-phenylthioflavan and both (2R,3R,4R)-2,3-cis-3,4-trans-3,3'4',5,7-pentahydroxy-4-flavan and (2R,3R,4R)-2,3-cis-3,4-trans-3,3',4',5,7-4-flavan in ratios of 3 : 1 demonstrating regio-isomerism of the interflavanoid linkage in the polymeric procyanidins of loblolly pine bark.Key Word Index - Pinus taeda; Pinaceae; loblolly pine; bark; phloem; procyanidins; condensed tannins; interflavanoid linkage; regio-isomerism.