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. 2023 Jan 6;12(2):270. doi: 10.3390/foods12020270

Table 1.

Contents of ellagitannins and ellagic acid in fruits, nuts, and beverages.

Food Product ETs/EA Content Reference
Fruits
Raspberry fruit (Rubus idaeus L.) Sanguiin H-10 0.62 mg/g dw * [26]
Sanguiin H-6 9.56 mg/g dw [26]
Lambertianin C 9.79 mg/g dw [26]
Ellagic acid 0.31 mg/g dw [26]
Blackberry fruit (Rubus fruticosus L.) Lambertianin C 11.0 mg/100 g rw ** [30]
Lambertianin A 39.8 mg/100 g rw [30]
Ellagic acid 11.8 mg/100 g rw [30]
Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.)—fruits of six cultivars Pedunculagin 0.24–1.38 mg/g dw [29]
Potentillin 0–1.69 mg/g dw [29]
Casuarictin 0.12–1.30 mg/g dw [29]
Sanguiin H-6 0.12–1.55 mg/g dw [29]
Agrimoniin 0.89–13.11 mg/g dw [29]
Fragariin A 0.34–1.47 mg/g dw [29]
Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.)—peels of seven cultivars Pedunculagin 8.2–11.8 mg/g dw [27]
α-punicalagin 17.4–24.7 mg/g dw [27]
β-punicalagin 25.3–32.9 mg/g dw [27]
β-punicalin 3.1–7.1 mg/g dw [27]
Ellagic acid hexoside 2.9–6.3 mg/g dw [27]
Galloyl-HHDP-gluconic acid 1.1–1.7 mg/g dw [27]
Galloyl-HHDP-hexoside 1.0–2.8 mg/g dw [27]
HHDP-hexoside 1.7–3.2 mg/g dw [27]
Ellagic acid 2.1–5.3 mg/g dw [27]
Mango peel and seed (Mangifera indica L.) Valoneic acid dilactone Not mentioned [59]
Ellagic acid 1.13–13.67 mg/100 g dw [60]
Costa Rican guava peel and flesh (Psidium
friedrichsthalianum Nied.)
Geraniin isomer 1 120.6 mg/100 g dw (peel, flesh) [28]
Geraniin isomer 2 9.3 mg/100 g dw (peel); 103.9 mg/100 g dw (flesh) [28]
Castalagin isomer 1 28.3 mg/100 g dw (peel); 39.6 mg/100 g dw (flesh) [28]
Castalagin isomer 2 84.6 mg/100 g dw (peel); 41.7 mg/100 g dw (flesh) [28]
Muscadine grapes (Vitis rotundifolia Michx.) Sanguiin H-5 0.03–0.91 mg/g [48]
Ellagic acid 32.1 mg/100 g fw # (seed); 59.1–61.5 mg/100 g fw (skin); 14.63–17.70 mg/100 g fw (fruit) [61]
Jabuticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora Mart.) Castalagin 78.4 mg/100 g fruit fw [62]
Vescalagin 28.7 mg/100 g fruit fw [62]
Pedunculagin 9.8 mg/100 g fruit fw [62]
Yellow grumixama fruit (Eugenia brasilienses Lam.—γ variety) Castalagin/vescalagin, pedunculagin, strictinin, potentillin/casuarictin 92 mg EAE ##/100 g fw [63]
Purple grumixama fruit (Eugenia brasilienses Lam.—α variety) Pedunculagin, strictinin, potentillin/casuarictin, tellimagrandin I 82−243 mg EAE/100 g fw [63]
Camu-camu (Myrciaria dubia (Kunth) McVaugh) Alnusiin Not mentioned [53]
Java plum/black plum fruit (Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels) Vescalagin 0–1.0 mg/g dw [64]
Galloyl dihexahydroxydiphenoyl glucose 1.0–7.5 mg/g dw [64]
Digalloyl dihexahydroxydiphenoyl glucose 0.97–5.6 mg/g dw [64]
Ellagic acid 1.1–11.9 mg/g dw [64]
Nuts
Walnuts (Juglans regia L.)—pellicle of six cultivars Pedunculagin/casuariin (2 isomers) 3.1–13.3 mg/g fw [31]
Strictinin/isostrictinin (3 isomers) 1.9–9.6 mg/g fw [31]
Trigalloyl-HHDP-glucose (4 isomers) 2.9–27.5 mg/g fw [31]
Tellimagrandin 1 (3 isomers) 3.1–27.9 mg/g fw [31]
Pterocarinin A 0.5–2.8 mg/g fw [31]
Castalagin/vescalagin 9.5–35.9 mg/g fw [31]
bis-HHDP-glucose derivative 20.2–26.1 mg/g fw [31]
Casuarin/casuarictin 8.6–39.8 mg/g fw [31]
Ellagic acid 17.5–23.3 mg/g fw [31]
Pecans (Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K.Koch) Valoneic acid dilactone 9.45 μg/g acetonic crude extract [65]
Ellagic acid 132.0 μg/g acetonic crude extract [65]
Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.)—peels of cultivar Longal Vescalagin 67.5–109.4 μg/g dw [32]
Castalagin 49.6–100.4 μg/g dw [32]
Ellagic acid 47.6–3542.6 μg/g dw [32]
Beverages
Red oak-aged wines Castalagin 0.61–11.8 mg/L [57]
0.07–11.43 mg/L [17]
Vescalagin 0.194–6.4 mg/L [57]
0.06–1.32 mg/L [17]
Grandinin 0.36–3.4 mg/L [57]
0.02–0.63 mg/L [17]
Roburin A 0.01–0.24 mg/L [17]
Roburins B + C 0.07–1.56 mg/L [17]
Roburin D 0.04–0.91 mg/L [17]
Roburin E 0.115–2.08 mg/L [57]
0.02–0.79 mg/L [17]
Ellagic acid 7.88–11.61 mg/L [66]
White oak-aged wines Castalagin 0.328 mg/L [57]
Vescalagin 0.14 mg/L [57]
Grandinin 0.061 mg/L [57]
Rosé oak-aged wines Castalagin 4.69 mg/L [57]
Vescalagin 2.3 mg/L [57]
Grandinin 3.5 mg/L [57]
Roburin E 1.5 mg/L [57]
Cognac eaux-de-vie β-1-O-ethylvescalagin 1.1 mg/L [18]
β-1-O-ethylvescalin 0.73–4.66 mg/L [18]
Brandy tannin A 0.77–10.28 mg/L [18]
0.4–4.2 mg/L [67]
Brandy tannin B 0.5–5.50 mg/L [18]
Castalagin 1.34–4.90 mg/L [18]
Vescalagin 0.06–0.64 mg/L [18]
Grandinin 0.11–1.50 mg/L [18]
Roburin A 0.01–0.07 mg/L [18]
Roburin B 0.01–0.17 mg/L [18]
Roburin C 0.03–0.61 mg/L [18]
Roburin D 0.26–1.48 mg/L [18]
Roburin E 0.03–0.61 mg/L [18]
Commercial cognac β-1-O-ethylvescalin 0.87–1.58 mg/L [18]
Brandy tannin A 1.7–3.38 mg/L [18]
0.03–7.7 mg/L [67]
Brandy tannin B 0.37–1.21 mg/L [18]

* dw—dry weight; ** rw—raw material; # fw—fresh weight; ## EAE—ellagic acid equivalents (total ellagitannin content expressed as total ellagic acid); HHDP—hexahydroxydiphenic acid.