''Stryphnodendron adstringens'' ( pt, 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

prodelphinidin Prodelphinidin is a name for the polymeric tannins composed of gallocatechin. It yields delphinidin during depolymerisation under oxidative conditions. Natural occurrences Prodelphinidins are one of the two sorts of tannins in grape (the other ...

s 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

β → 6(8) Beta (, ; uppercase , lowercase , or cursive ; grc, βῆτα, bē̂ta or ell, βήτα, víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 2. In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced lab ...

gallocatechin and robinetinidol-(4α → 8)-gallocatechin.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 The ''Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy'' is a peer-reviewed medical journal which covers antimicrobial chemotherapy, including laboratory aspects and clinical use of antimicrobial agents. It is published by Oxford University Press on behalf ...

, 2006 58(5):942-949

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* * adstringens Trees of Brazil {{Mimosoideae-stub