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Kelly-Hunt, Alexandra E.; Mehan, Aman; Brooks, Sarah; Leanca, Miron A.; McKay, Jack E. D.; Mahamed, Nashad; Lambert, Daniel; Dempster, Nicola M.; Allen, Robert J.; Evans, Andrew R.; Sarker, Satyajit D.; Nahar, Lutfun; Sharples, George P.; Drew, Michael G. B.; Fielding, Alistair J.; Ismail, Fyaz M. D. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Purpurogallin (PPG), an orange-red crystalline compound from nutgalls and oak bark, is an exemplar of numerous, ubiquitous natural colorants, biosynthesized through oxidative dimerization-decarboxylation of phenolic compounds. It possesses antioxidant, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory effects. Herein, a robust method is presented to allow…
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