CHEBI:71222 - phlorotannin

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ChEBI Name phlorotannin
ChEBI ID CHEBI:71222
Definition A type of tannin usually found in brown algae such as kelps and rockweeds. Unlike the hydrolysable or condensed tannins, these compounds are oligomers of phloroglucinol.
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Biological Role(s): algal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.
Application(s): astringent
A compound that causes the contraction of body tissues, typically used to reduce bleeding from minor abrasions.
(via tannin )
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Outgoing phlorotannin (CHEBI:71222) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735)
phlorotannin (CHEBI:71222) is a tannin (CHEBI:26848)
Incoming 6,6'-bieckol (CHEBI:65496) is a phlorotannin (CHEBI:71222)
7-phloroeckol (CHEBI:65790) is a phlorotannin (CHEBI:71222)
dieckol (CHEBI:65769) is a phlorotannin (CHEBI:71222)
eckol (CHEBI:65819) is a phlorotannin (CHEBI:71222)
eckstolonol (CHEBI:65820) is a phlorotannin (CHEBI:71222)
fucodiphloroethol G (CHEBI:65918) is a phlorotannin (CHEBI:71222)
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phlorotannins ChEBI
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Last Modified
10 February 2015