Unité Mixte de Recherche Ingénirie des Agropolyméres et Technologies Emergentes, 2 place Pierre Viala, 34060 cedex 01, Montpellier, France. rouau@ensam.inra.fr
Abstract:
A new phenolic acid trimer was detected by coupled liquid chromatography/mass spectroscopy in alkali extracts of maize bran. The trimer was purified by preparative silica gel chromatography. The structure of the new compound was elucidated on the basis of 1D and 2D NMR and corresponded to a 4-O-8', 5'-5" dehydrotriferulic acid.