Flavogallonic acid is a
hydrolysable tannin
A hydrolysable 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 hydrolysable tannin molecule, there is a carbohydrate (usually D-gluco ...
that can be found in
valonea
''Quercus ithaburensis'' subsp. ''macrolepis'', the Valonia oak, is a subspecies of ''Quercus ithaburensis'', a member of the beech family, Fagaceae. It may also be treated as a separate species, ''Quercus macrolepis''.
Taxonomy
The Valonia o ...
oak (''Quercus macrolepis'') in
chestnut
The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Description
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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 m ...
''.
[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
''Terminalia avicennioides'' () is a tree species ...
References
Hydrolysable tannins
Tricarboxylic acids
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