Oligomeric hydrolyzable tannins from Monochaetum multiflorum

Phytochemistry. 2004 Feb;65(3):359-67. doi: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2003.11.017.

Abstract

Four hydrolyzable tannins, nobotanins Q, R, S, and T, were isolated from the aqueous acetone extract of the dried leaves of Monochaetum multiflorum (Melastomataceae), a plant indigenous to Colombia. Their dimeric and tetrameric structures were elucidated by spectral and chemical methods. Eight known hydrolyzable tannin monomers and eight ellagitannin oligomers characteristic of melastomataceous plants were also characterized as tannin constituents of the plant.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Dimerization
  • Glucose / chemistry
  • Hydrolysis
  • Hydrolyzable Tannins*
  • Melastomataceae / chemistry*
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Leaves / chemistry
  • Tannins / chemistry*
  • Tannins / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Hydrolyzable Tannins
  • Plant Extracts
  • Tannins
  • ellagitannin
  • Glucose