Edit links
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.
Chemical structure of castavinols, where R = H, OH, or OCH3

Castavinols are natural phenolic compounds found in red wines.[1] These molecules are colorless and are derived from anthocyanin pigments. Thus their formation leads to a wine color loss.

Known molecules

References

  1. ^ Castagnino, Chantal; Vercauteren, Joseph (1996). "Castavinol, a new series of polyphenols from Bordeaux red wines". Tetrahedron Letters. 37 (43): 7739–7742. doi:10.1016/0040-4039(96)01761-3.

External links