Flavogallonic acid is a
hydrolysable tannin
A hydrolyzable tannin or pyrogallol-type tannin is a type of tannin that, on heating with hydrochloric or sulfuric acids, yields gallic or ellagic acids.
At the center of a hydrolyzable tannin molecule, there is a carbohydrate (usually D-glucose ...
that can be found in
valonea
''Quercus macrolepis'', the Valonia oak, is a species of oak in the beech family, Fagaceae. Formerly, it was commonly treated as a subspecies of the closely related and sympatric mount Tabor oak. At present, however, it is mostly granted specie ...
oak (''Quercus macrolepis'') in
chestnut
The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce.
The unrelate ...
wood or in ''
Terminalia myriocarpa
''Terminalia myriocarpa'', the East Indian almond, is a tree species in the genus '' Terminalia'' found in Southeast Asia.
Ecology
The larvae of the moth '' Acrocercops terminaliae'' feed on ''T. myriocarpa''.
Chemistry
The phenolic compounds ...
''.
[Pharmacologically Active Ellagitannins from Terminalia myriocarpa. Mohamed S.A. Marzouk, Sayed A.A. El-Toumy, Fatma A. Moharram, Nagwa M.M. Shalaby and Amany A.E. Ahmed, Planta Med, 2002, 68(6), pages 523-527, ]
See also
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Flavogallonic acid dilactone
Flavogallonic acid dilactone is a hydrolysable tannin that can be found in '' Rhynchosia volubilis'' seeds, in '' Shorea laevifolia'', in '' Anogeissus leiocarpus'' and '' Terminalia avicennoides''.The use of microfluorometric method for activity ...
References
Hydrolysable tannins
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