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. 2007 Aug 20;2007:45673. doi: 10.1155/2007/45673

Table 1.

Chemical structures of the phenolic compounds used in the present study.

Class Derivatives Substituents
1 * 3 5 7 3′ 4′ 5′
Flavones Acacetin H OH OH H OCH3 H
Apigenin H OH OH H OH H
Flavone H H H H H H
Luteolin H OH OH OH OH H
Lut-7-glucoside H OH OGlc OH OH H
Vitexin H OH OH H OH H 8 Glc

Isoflavones Daidzein H H OH H OH H
Genistein H OH OH H OH H
Genistin H OH OGlc H OH H

Flavonols Isorhamnetin OH OH OH OCH3 OH H
Kaempferol OH OH OH H OH H
Morin OH OH OH H OH H 2′ OH
Myricetin OH OH OH OH OH OH
Quercetin OH OH OH OH OH H
Quercitrin ORha OH OH OH OH H
Rhamnetin OH OH OCH3 OH OH H
Rutin ORu OH OH OH OH H

Flavanones Naringenin H OH OH H OH H
Naringin H OH ONeo H OH H
Taxifolin OH OH OH OH OH H

Flavan-3-ols +Catechin OHInline graphic OH OH OH OH H
−Epicatechin OHInline graphic OH OH OH OH H
Procyanidin B1 Dimer of epicatechin and catechin linked via their carbons 4 and 8, respectively.
Procyanidin B2 Dimer of two epicatechin molecules linked via carbons 4 and 8.

Anthocyanins Cyanidin OH OH OH OH OH H
Pelargonidin OH OH OH H OH H

HBA Benzoic acid H H 4 H
Dodecyl gallate COO(CH2)11CH3 OH OH
Ellagic acid see below
Gallic acid OH OH
Methyl gallate COOCH3 OH OH
Octyl gallate COOCH2(CH2)6CH3 OH OH
Syringic acid OCH3 OCH3

HCA Chlorogenic acid see below
Ferulic acid OCH3
Sinapic acid OCH3 OCH3

*if other than in basic structure

Glc = glycoside, Rha = rhamnoside, Ru = rutinoside, Neo = neohesperidoside

Inline graphic OH group is in front of plane of paper, Inline graphic OH group is behind plane of paper

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