Towards the synthesis of proanthocyanidins: Half a century of innovation

Planta Medica

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1071-1085

  Ferreira, Daneel ^a,b   Coleman, Christina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

catechins; condensed tannins; flavan3,4diols; proanthocyanidins; procyanidins; profisetinidins; synthesis

Indexed keywords

3,4 FLAVANDIOL; 4ALPHA BENZYLTHIOCATECHIN; 4BETA BENZYLTHIO EPICATECHIN; CATECHIN; ENT FISETINIDOL 4BETA OL; EPICATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIORITIN 4BETA OL; FISETINIDOL; FISETINIDOL 4ALPHA OL; FLAVAN DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GALLOCATECHIN; LEWIS ACID; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PYCNOGENOL; TETRA FLAVONOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; METHYLATION; NUCLEOPHILICITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW;

BIFLAVONOIDS; CATECHIN; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; FLAVONOIDS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LEWIS ACIDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANTS; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; STEREOISOMERISM; WOOD;

EID: 79960728969     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1270908     Document Type: Review

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