Robinetinidin is an
anthocyanidin
Anthocyanidins are common plant pigments, the sugar-free counterparts of anthocyanins. They are based on the flavylium cation, an oxonium ion, with various groups substituted for its hydrogen atoms. They generally change color from red through ...
, a type of flavonoid.
Prorobinetinidins, condensed tannins oligomers containing robinetinidol, can be found in ''
Stryphnodendron adstringens''.
Prorobinetinidins from ''Stryphnodendron adstringens''. Palazzo de Mello J.; Petereit F.; Nahrstedt A., Phytochemistry, 1996.
/ref> They yield robinetinidin when depolymerized under oxidative conditions.
References
See also
* Robinetinidol, the corresponding flavan-3ol
* Leucorobinetinidin, the corresponding leucoanthocyanidin
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 '' N. burbidg ...
Anthocyanidins
Pyrogallols
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