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CHROMATOGRAPHIC and spectrophotometric properties of ellagic acid have now been investigated in order to facilitate the identification of this acid in plant extracts and hydrolysates. In early studies, ellagic acid has not always been adequately characterized; but the present work has confirmed the occurrence of this substance in a wide range of dicotyledonous plants1. Ellagic acid has also been identified in Terminalia arjuna, bellirica, citrina, pallida and travencoriensis for the first time.
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HATHWAY, D. Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Properties of Ellagic Acid, and its Occurrence in Dicotyledonous Plants. Nature 177, 747–748 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177747a0
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