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Chebulinic acid

Chebulinic acid is an ellagitannin found in the seeds of Euphoria longana, in the fruits of Terminalia chebula or in the leaves of T. macroptera.

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Names
Other names
1,3,6-Tri-O-galloyl-2,4-chebuloyl-β-D-glucopyranoside1
Identifiers
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  • InChI=1S/C41H32O27/c42-15-1-10(2-16(43)26(15)51)35(56)62-9-22-31-33(66-36(57)11-3-17(44)27(52)18(45)4-11)34(41(63-22)68-37(58)12-5-19(46)28(53)20(47)6-12)67-38(59)13-7-21(48)29(54)32-25(13)24(30(55)40(61)65-32)14(8-23(49)50)39(60)64-31/h1-7,14,22,24,30-31,33-34,41-48,51-55H,8-9H2,(H,49, 50)/t14-,22+,24-,30-,31+,33-,34+,41-/m0/s1
    Key: YGVHOSGNOYKRIH-FJPMMHPYSA-N
  • C1=C(C=C(C(=C1O)O)O)C(=O)OCC2C3C(C(C(O2)OC(=O)C4=CC(=C(C(=C4)O)O)O)OC(=O)C5=CC(=C(C6=C5C(C(C(=O)O3)CC(=O)O)C(C(=O)O6)O)O)O)OC(=O)C7=CC(=C(C(=C7)O)O)O
Properties
C41H32O27
Molar mass 956.680 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Chebulinic acid is an ellagitannin found in the seeds of Euphoria longana, in the fruits of Terminalia chebula2 or in the leaves of T. macroptera.

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References

  1. Karel D. Klika, Ammar Saleem, Jari Sinkkonen, Marja Kähkönen, Jyrki Loponen, Petri Tähtinen and Kalevi Pihlaja (2004). "The structural and conformational analyses and antioxidant activities of chebulinic acid and its thrice-hydrolyzed derivative, 2,4-chebuloyl-β-D-glucopyranoside, isolated from the fruit of Terminalia chebula". Arkivoc. vii: 83–105.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Han, Quanbin; Song, Jingzheng; Qiao, Chunfeng; Wong, Lina; Xu, Hongxi (2006). "Preparative isolation of hydrolysable tannins chebulagic acid and chebulinic acid from Terminalia chebula by high-speed counter-current chromatography". Journal of Separation Science. 29 (11): 1653–1657. doi:10.1002/jssc.200600089. PMID 16922284.