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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D044945
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D044945
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Proanthocyanidins

Definitions
Dimers and oligomers of flavan-3-ol units (CATECHIN analogs) linked mainly through C4 to C8 bonds to leucoanthocyanidins. They are structurally similar to ANTHOCYANINS but are the result of a different fork in biosynthetic pathways. Proanthocyanidins consisting exclusively of (epi)catechin.
Synonyms
Tannins, Condensed
Polymers, Anthocyanidin
Procyanidins
Anthocyanidin Polymers
Condensed Tannins
Tannin, Condensed
Condensed Tannin
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