Leucofisetinidin is a
flavan-3,4-diol
Leucoanthocyanidin (flavan-3,4-diols) are colorless chemical compounds related to anthocyanidins and anthocyanins. Leucoanthocyanins can be found in ''Anadenanthera peregrina'' and in several species of ''Nepenthes'' including ''Nepenthes burbidgea ...
(leucoanthocyanidin), a type of natural phenolic substance. It is the monomer of
condensed tannins called
profisetinidins. Those tannins can be extracted from the heartwood of ''
Acacia mearnsii
''Acacia mearnsii'', commonly known as black wattle, late black wattle or green wattle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is usually an erect tree with smooth bark, bipinnate lea ...
'' or from the heartwoods
of ''
Schinopsis balansae
''Schinopsis balansae'' is a hardwood tree known as willow-leaf red quebracho which forms forests in the subtropical Humid Chaco ecoregion of north-eastern Argentina, and Paraguay. It is also found in the wild Pantanal vegetation in Brazil. Some ...
'', ''
Schinopsis quebrachocolorado
Quebracho is a common name in Spanish to describe very hard (density 0.9–1.3) wood tree species. The etymology of the name derived from ''quiebrahacha'', or ''quebrar hacha'', meaning "axe-breaker".
Species
There are at least three similar c ...
'' and from commercial quebracho extract.
See also
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Fisetinidin
Fisetinidin is an anthocyanidin. It has been obtained from the heartwood of ''Acacia mearnsii'',
from the bark of '' Rhizophora apiculata'' and can also be synthesized. Fisetinidin is very similar in structure to fisetin, which itself differs in s ...
References
Leucoanthocyanidins
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