Puerins A and B, two new 8-C substituted flavan-3-ols from Pu-er tea |
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Authors: | Zhou Zhi-Hong Zhang Ying-Jun Xu Min Yang Chong-Ren |
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Institution: | State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources of West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650204, People's Republic of China. |
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Abstract: | Pu-er tea is a special treated fermented tea produced from crude green tea, which is prepared from the leaves of Camellia sinensis var. assamica. It is a traditional beverage having been used in China, particularly the southern areas, for a long time. Chemical investigation led to the identification of two new 8-C substituted flavan-3-ols, puerins A (1) and B (2), and two known cinchonain-type phenols, epicatechin-7,8-bc]-4alpha-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-dihydro-2(3H)-pyranone (3) and cinchonain Ib (4), together with other seven known phenolic compounds, 2,2',6,6'-tetrahydroxydiphenyl (5), (-)-epicatechin-8-C-beta-d-glucopyranoside (6), (-)-epicatechin (EC) (7), (-)-epigallocatechin (EGC) (8), (+/-)-gallocatechin (GC) (9), gallic acid (10), and myricetin (11), in addition to caffeine (12). Their structures were determined by spectroscopic methods. The compounds 1-5, which might be formed in the postfermentative process of Pu-er tea, were isolated from tea and theaceous plants for the first time. |
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