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Tannins and Related Compounds. Part 13. Isolation and Structures of Trimeric, Tetrameric, and Pentameric Proanthicyanidins from Cinnamon
Nonaka, Gen-ichiro,Morimoto, Satoshi,Nishioka, Itsuo
, p. 2139 - 2145 (2007/10/02)
A proanthocyanidin trimer, two tetramers, and a pentamer have been isolated in their free phenolic forms from cinnamon, the bark of Cinnamomum zeylanicum (Lauraceae).Partial acid-catalysed degradation of these tannins with phenylmethanethiol, in conjunction with 1H- and 13C-n.m.r. analysis, has unequivocally established their structures as epicatechin-(4β->8, 2β->7)epicatechin-(4α->8)-epicatechin (5); epicatechin-(4β->8)epicatechin-(4β->8, 2β->7)-epicatechin-(4α->8)-epicatechin (6); epicatechin-(4β->6)-epicatechin-(4β->8, 2β->7)-epicatechin-(4α->8)-epicatechin (7); and epicatechin-(4β->8)-epicatechin-(4β->8)epicatechin-(4β->8, 2β->7)-epicatechin-(4α->8)-epicatechin (8).
