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Hydrolyzable tannins and phenylpropanoid from Rafflesia kerrii Meijer (Rafflesiaceae)

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Four hydrolyzable tannins, 1,2,4,6-tetra-O-galloyl-β-d-glucopyranoside, 1,2,6-tri-O-galloyl-β-d-glucopyranoside, 1,4,6-tri-O-galloyl-β-d-glucopyranoside; and 1,2,4-tri-O-galloyl-β-d-glucopyranoside, along with a phenylpropanoid glucoside, syringin, were isolated from the flowers of Rafflesia kerrii. The structure elucidations were based on physical data and spectroscopic evidence.

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Acknowledgments

This study was financially supported by Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. Also, we thank the Research Center of Molecular Medicine, Hiroshima University for the use of its NMR facilities.

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  1. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand

    Tripetch Kanchanapoom, Chayan Picheansoonthon & Prathan Luecha

  2. Faculty of Pharmacy, El-Minia University, El-Minia, Egypt

    Mohamed S. Kamel

  3. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Koshingai, Hiro, Kure, Hiroshima, 737-0112, Japan

    Ryoji Kasai

  4. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo Heisei University, Uruido, Ichihara, Chiba, 290-0193, Japan

    Kazuo Yamasaki

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Kanchanapoom, T., Kamel, M.S., Picheansoonthon, C. et al. Hydrolyzable tannins and phenylpropanoid from Rafflesia kerrii Meijer (Rafflesiaceae). J Nat Med 61, 478–479 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11418-007-0181-4

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