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Stryphnodendron adstringens

Stryphnodendron adstringens is a species of legume in the genus Stryphnodendron found in Brazil.

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Stryphnodendron adstringens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Clade: Mimosoid clade
Genus: Stryphnodendron
Species:
S. adstringens
Binomial name
Stryphnodendron adstringens

Stryphnodendron adstringens (Portuguese: barbatimão) 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 used to produce tannins of the prorobinetinidins (flavanols oligomers containing robinetinidol) or prodelphinidins type. These are robinetinidol-(4β → 8)-epigallocatechin, robinetinidol-(4α → 8)-epigallocatechin, robinetinidol-(4β → 8)-epigallocatechin 3-O-gallate, robinetinidol-(4α → 8)-epigallocatechin 3-O-gallate, robinetinidol-(4α → 6)-gallocatechin and robinetinidol-(4α → 6)-epigallocatechin, in addition to the tentatively characterized, robinetinidol [4β → 6(8)]-gallocatechin and robinetinidol-(4α → 8)-gallocatechin.12

References

References

  1. Prorobinetinidins from Stryphnodendron adstringens. Palazzo de Mello J.; Petereit F.; Nahrstedt A., Phytochemistry, 1996.
  2. Influence of tannins from Stryphnodendron adstringens on growth and virulence factors of Candida albicans. Kelly Ishida, João Carlos Palazzo de Mello, Diógenes Aparício Garcia Cortez, Benedito Prado Dias Filho, Tânia Ueda-Nakamura and Celso Vataru Nakamura, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2006 58(5):942-949
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