CHEBI:42255 - (−)-epigallocatechin

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ChEBI Name (−)-epigallocatechin
ChEBI ID CHEBI:42255
ChEBI ASCII Name (-)-epigallocatechin
Definition A flavan-3,3',4',5,5',7-hexol having (2R,3R)-configuration.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:31029, CHEBI:42251
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Formula C15H14O7
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 306.26746
Monoisotopic Mass 306.07395
InChI InChI=1S/C15H14O7/c16-7-3-9(17)8-5-12(20)15(22-13(8)4-7)6-1-10(18)14(21)11(19)2-6/h1-4,12,15-21H,5H2/t12-,15-/m1/s1
InChIKey XMOCLSLCDHWDHP-IUODEOHRSA-N
SMILES O[C@@H]1Cc2c(O)cc(O)cc2O[C@@H]1c1cc(O)c(O)c(O)c1
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): antioxidant
A substance that opposes oxidation or inhibits reactions brought about by dioxygen or peroxides.
Biological Role(s): plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
food component
A physiological role played by any substance that is distributed in foodstuffs. It includes materials derived from plants or animals, such as vitamins or minerals, as well as environmental contaminants.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing (−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:42255) has role antioxidant (CHEBI:22586)
(−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:42255) has role food component (CHEBI:78295)
(−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:42255) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
(−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:42255) is a catechin (CHEBI:23053)
(−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:42255) is a flavan-3,3',4',5,5',7-hexol (CHEBI:71224)
(−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:42255) is enantiomer of (+)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:71227)
Incoming (−)-epicatechin-(4β→8)-(−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:75670) has functional parent (−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:42255)
(−)-epigallocatechin 3-gallate (CHEBI:4806) has functional parent (−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:42255)
(−)-epigallocatechin-(4β→6)-(+)-catechin (CHEBI:75673) has functional parent (−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:42255)
(−)-epigallocatechin-(4β→8)-(−)-epicatechin (CHEBI:75669) has functional parent (−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:42255)
(+)-catechin-(4α→8)-(−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:75667) has functional parent (−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:42255)
epigallocatechin-(4β→8,2β→O-7)-epicatechin (CHEBI:65854) has functional parent (−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:42255)
(+)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:71227) is enantiomer of (−)-epigallocatechin (CHEBI:42255)
IUPAC Name
(2R,3R)-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-3,5,7-triol
Synonyms Sources
(-)-3,3',4',5,5',7-Flavanhexol ChemIDplus
(-)-Epigallocatechin KEGG COMPOUND
(2R,3R)-2-(3,4,5-trihydroxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-3,5,7-triol PDBeChem
2,3-cis-epigallocatechin MetaCyc
Epigallocatechol ChemIDplus
Epigallocatechol KEGG COMPOUND
L-Epigallocatechin ChemIDplus
Manual Xrefs Databases
C00008818 KNApSAcK
C12136 KEGG COMPOUND
CPD-10411 MetaCyc
EGT PDBeChem
HMDB0038361 HMDB
LMPK12020004 LIPID MAPS
LSM-20967 LINCS
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
3655868 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein
94057 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
970-74-1 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
Citations Waiting for Citations Types Sources
10775337 PubMed citation Europe PMC
19653629 PubMed citation Europe PMC
19937856 PubMed citation Europe PMC
Last Modified
25 February 2016