Robinetinidin is an

anthocyanidin Anthocyanidins are common plant pigments, the aglycones of anthocyanins. They are based on the flavylium cation, an oxonium ion, with various groups substituent, substituted for its hydrogen atoms. They generally change color from red through p ...

, a type of flavonoid. Prorobinetinidins, condensed tannins oligomers containing robinetinidol, can be found in ''

Stryphnodendron adstringens ''Stryphnodendron adstringens'' () is a species of legume in the genus ''Stryphnodendron'' found in Brazil. '' Holcocera cerradicola'' is a moth, whose larvae feed on ''S. adstringens''. Chemistry ''Stryphnodendron adstringens'' stem bark is us ...

''.Prorobinetinidins from ''Stryphnodendron adstringens''. Palazzo de Mello J.; Petereit F.; Nahrstedt A., Phytochemistry, 1996.
/ref> They yield robinetinidin when depolymerized under oxidative conditions.

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