Epicatechin oligomers longer than trimers have anti-cancer activities, but not the catechin counterparts

Abstract Since procyanidins (oligomeric catechin or epicatechin) were reported to exhibit health benefits, much attention has been paid to the synthesis of these compounds, especially those that are longer than trimers. In the present study, syntheses of cinnamtannin A3 (epicatechin pentamer), A4 (e...

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Main Authors: Kohki Takanashi, Manato Suda, Kiriko Matsumoto, Chisato Ishihara, Kazuya Toda, Koichiro Kawaguchi, Shogo Senga, Narumi Kobayashi, Mikihiro Ichikawa, Miyuki Katoh, Yasunao Hattori, Sei-ichi Kawahara, Koji Umezawa, Hiroshi Fujii, Hidefumi Makabe
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/2a09a7e1216a434a93e4c8b5322c482c
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