prodelphinidin

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noun

The polymeric tannins, composed of gallocatechin, that yield delphinidin during depolymerization under oxidative conditions.

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Meanings

nounprodelphinidin (countable and uncountable, plural prodelphinidins)

plural prodelphinidins

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryThe polymeric tannins, composed of gallocatechin, that yield delphinidin during depolymerization under oxidative conditions.

    A study with pure prodelphinidin B3 and C2 showed that they inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells through cell cycle arrest and caspase-3 activation.

    2015 July 31, “Procyanidins Negatively Affect the Activity of the Phosphatases of Regenerating Liver”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From pro- + delphinidin.

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