(+)-Catechin hydrate,
ellagic acid,
gallic acid,
propionyl chloride,
tannic acid and
vanillin were sourced from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). Quercetin was obtained from Synaptent LLC (Chicago, IL, USA). Conc. hydrochloric acid (35–38% in water) was from Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA). Methanol (MeOH), ethyl acetate (EtOAc) and
acetonitrile (ACN) were HPLC or LC/MS grade from Fisher or VWR International (Radnor, PA, USA). Water was 18.2 mΩ-cm from a Barnstead NANOpure Diamond™ system (Barnstead, NH, USA).
Trifluoroacetic acid was obtained from MilliporeSigma (Burlington, MA, USA). Methyl gallate was synthesized from
gallic acid as previously described (22 ). A solution of
gallic acid in MeOH containing sulfuric acid was refluxed overnight. Once at room temperature, the reaction was added to ice-water and extracted with EtOAc (3 × 25 mL). The pooled organic layers were washed twice with water, once with brine and concentrated
in vacuo affording the methyl ester as a light-yellow solid. MS/MS with negative ionization mode gave m/z 183 (M-H
+ with daughter ions 168 and 124). Thin layer chromatography (TLC) employed Analtech GHLF UV254 Uniplate™ silica gel plates from Miles Scientific (Newark, DE, USA).
Manville R.W., Redford K.E., van der Horst J., Hogenkamp D.J., Jepps T.A, & Abbott G.W. (2022). KCNQ5 activation by tannins mediates vasorelaxant effects of barks used in Native American botanical medicine. FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 36(9), e22457.