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Proanthocyanidins from Lotus Corniculatus
Foo,Newman,Waghorn,Mcnabb,Ulyatt
, p. 617 - 624 (1996)
The chemical structure of the purified proanthocyanidin polymers of Lotus corniculatus was analysed by 13CNMR and by mild acid catalysed degradation in the presence of excess of phloroglucinol. The NMR data showed that the polymer was partially glycosidated with a number average Mr in the range 1800-2100 (six to seven flavanoid units). The products from phloroglucinol scission reaction indicated the extender flavan units to consist mostly of epicatechin (67%) and epigallocatechin (30%), with minor amounts of catechin and epiafzelechin units, which were linked together predominantly by C-4/C-8 interflavanoid bonds. The polymer chains were terminated mostly by catechin (83%) and, to a lesser extent, by epicatechin (16%). Copyright
PROANTHOCYANIDIN POLYMERS WITH ANTISECRETORY ACTIVITY AND PROANTHOCYANIDIN OLIGOMERS FROM GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA BARK
Hoer, Michaela,Heinrich, Michael,Rimpler, Horst
, p. 109 - 120 (2007/10/03)
Bioassay-guided fractionation of a crude extract of Guazuma ulmifolia bark led to the isolation of polymeric proanthocyanidins which inactivated cholera toxin (CT).The average degree of polymerization (DP) of the active compounds ranged from 14.4 to 32.0.The polymers consisted mainly of (-)-epicatechin units.In polymers of a representative fraction, the flavanol units were connected by 8> bonds and, less frequently, by 6> bonds.Inhibition of CT by tannins increased with Mr and conformation flexibility of the tannin molecule.Several known procyanidin oligomers were also isolated. 1H NMR shift rules to distinguish between 8> and 6> linked proanthocyanidin peracetates, that have been proposed for dimers, were extended to trimers and a tetramer.A further diagnostic shift parameter to determine the interflavanoid bonding position is presented and the conformation of oligomeric proanthocyanidin peracetates is discussed. - Key Word Index: Guazuma ulmifolia; Sterculiaceae; bark; proanthocyanidins; tannins; polymers; gel permeation chromatography; NMR; thiolytic degradation; (-)-epicatechin; peracetates; antisecretory activity.
4-CARBOXYMETHYL FLAVAN-3-OLS AND PROCYANIDINS FROM DAVILLIA DIVARICATA
Hwang, Tieh-Horng,Kashiwada, Yoshiki,Nonaka, Gen-Ichiro,Nishioka, Itsuo
, p. 279 - 282 (2007/10/02)
A series of flavan-3-ols and procyanidins, processing a carboxymethyl group, and a procyanidin tetramer have been isolated from the fern, Davallia divaricata.The structures were characterized on the basis of chemical and spectral evidence.
PROCYANIDIN POLYMERS OF DOUGLAS FIR BARK: STRUCTURE FROM DEGRADATION WITH PHLOROGLUCINOL
Foo, Lai Yeap,Karchesy, Joseph J.
, p. 3185 - 3190 (2007/10/02)
Reaction of the condensed tannin polymers of Douglas fir inner bark with phloroglucinol yielded catechin, epicatechin, procyanidin B-2, catechin-(4α->2)-phloroglucinol, epicatechin-(4β->2)-phloroglucinol, the novel compound epicatechin-(4α->2)-phloroglucinol and 1,3-di-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)-1-(3,4-di-hydroxyphenyl)-propan-2-ol.Also isolated were epicatechin-(4β->8)-epicatechin-(4β->2)-phloroglucinol, epicatechin-(4β->6)-epicatechin-(4β->2)-phloroglucinol, and three other novel phloroglucinol adducts, catechin-(4α->8)-epicatechin-(4β->2)-phloroglucinol, epicatechin-(4β->8)-epicatechin-(4β->8)-epicatechin-(4β->2)-phloroglucinol and epicatechin-(4β->6)-epicatechin-(4β->8)-epicatechin-(4β->2)-phloroglucinol.The results suggest that the configuration of the extender units is almost exclusively 2,3-cis, while the terminal units are mixed, with 2,3-cis slightly predominating.The C-4 to C-8 interflavonoid linkage predominates over the C-4 to C-6 linkage by a 4:1 ratio. Key Word Index Pseudotsuga menziesii; Pinaceae; Douglas fir; procyanidin; degradation; phloroglucinol-adducts.
