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. 2012 Jul 10;4(7):759–781. doi: 10.3390/nu4070759

Table 2.

Polyphenolic compounds in beer.

Phenolic compounds (mg/L) * Phenolic compounds (mg/L) *
Simple Phenols Flavanones
Vinil-4-fenol ≤0.15 Isoxanthohumol 0.04–3.44
Vinil-4-guayacol ≤0.55 8-Prenilnaringenin 0.001–0.24
Etil-4-fenol ≤0.01 6-Prenilnaringenin 0.001–0.56
Isoeugenol ≤0.04 6-Geranilnaringenin ≤0.074
Tyrosol ≤40 Taxifolin ≤1.0
Propil-4-siringol ≤0.2 Flavanols
2,3-Dihydroxy-guaiacyl propan-1-one ≤0.034 (+)-Catechin ≤5.4
Phenolic acids (−)-Epicatechin ≤3.3
4-Hydroxyfenilacétic ≤0.65 Catechin gallate 5–20
Homovanillic 0.05 Epicatechin gallate 5–20
Alquilphenols Procyanidin B3 ≤3.1
3-Metilcatecol ≤0.03 Prodelphynidina B3 ≤3.3
4-Etilcatecol ≤0.01 Prodelphynidina B9 ≤3.9
4-Metilcatecol ≤0.02 Procyanidin C2 0.3
Vinil-4-fenol ≤0.15 Flavonols
Benzoic acid derivatives Kanpherol 16.4
3,5-Dihydroxybenzoic 0.3 Kanpherol-3-rhamnoside ≤1.0
2,6-Dihydroxybenzoic 0.9 Quercetin ≤10
2-Hydroxybenzoic ≤2.0 3,7-Dimetilquercetin 0.003
3-Hydroxybenzoic ≤0.3 Miricetin 0.007
4-Hydroxybenzoic ≤9.6 Quercetin 3-O-Arabinoside 0.006
Protocatecuic ≤0.3 Quercetina 3-O-Rutinoside 0.90
Vanillic ≤3.6 Quercitrin ≤2.3
Gallic ≤0.2 Isoquercitrin ≤1.0
Siríngico ≤0.5 Rutin ≤1.8
o-Vanillin ≤1.6 Isoflavones
Siringic aldehyde ≤0.7 Daidzein ≤0.005
Cinnamic acids Genistein ≤0.01
p-coumaric ≤1.2 Formononetin ≤0.004
m-Coumaric ≤0.2 Biochanin A ≤0.015
o-Coumaric ≤1.5 Flavones
5-Caffeoilquinic ≤0.8 Apigenin 0.042
Caffeic ≤0.3 α-acids (humulones) 1.7
Ferulic ≤6.5 Iso-α-acids (iso-humulones) 0.6–100
Sinapic ≤0.7 Other polyphenols
Chalcones Catechol 0.1
Xanthohumol 0.002–1.2 Pirogalol 0.3

* Mean value of bibliographic data published by Estruch et al. 2011 [34].