title: Correlation of oxidative transformations of hydrolyzable tannins and plant evolution.
abstract: The progressive oxidative transformations in the biogenesis of hydrolyzable tannins, gallotannin (I) --> ellagitannin (II) --> dehydro ellagitannin (III) --> transformed dehydroellagitannin (IV), conform in several aspects to the evolutionary routes in the subclasses of Dicotyledonae, particularly in the Rosidae.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima, Japan. cxq05047@nifty.ne.jp
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authors.lastname: Okuda
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authors.lastname: Yoshida
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authors.lastname: Hatano
mesh_terms: D019659:Asteraceae / Q000378:metabolism; D005075:Biological Evolution; D006868:Hydrolysis; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D019685:Rosales / Q000378:metabolism; D013634:Tannins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013634:Tannins