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- Title
Natural Polymeric Compound Based on High Thermal Stability Catechin from Green Tea.
- Authors
Latos-Brozio, Malgorzata; Masek, Anna
- Abstract
Catechin is a plant polyphenol with valuable antioxidant and health-promoting properties. Polymerization is one way to stabilize flavonoids and may cause changes in their specific properties. The aim of this study is to obtain a polymeric complex catechin compound with high thermal stability. As a result of polymerization, a condensed and cross-linked catechin structure was obtained, which guaranteed high thermal resistance and, moreover, the phosphorus groups added in the second step of polymerization ensured that the compound obtained had thermal stability higher than natural condensed tannins. The first step of self-polymerization of (+)-catechin may be an easy way to obtain proanthocyanidins with greater antioxidant activity. The second step of the polymerization obtained a polymeric complex catechin compound that showed better thermal stability than catechin. This compound can potentially be used as a new pro-ecological thermal stabilizer.
- Subjects
THERMAL stability; PROANTHOCYANIDINS; GREEN tea; CATECHIN; COMPLEX compounds; THERMAL resistance; POLYMERIZATION
- Publication
Biomolecules (2218-273X), 2020, Vol 10, Issue 8, p1191
- ISSN
2218-273X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/biom10081191