Dimeric prodelphinidins from Limonium gmelinii roots. III.

Two dimeric proanthocyanidines identified as 2R,3R,4R-(-)-epigallocatechin-(4β→ 8)-2R,3R-(-)-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate and 2R,3R,4R-(-)-epigallocatechin-(4β→8)-(-)-2R,3R,3,5,7,3′,4′,6′-hexahydroxyflavan were isolated by adsorption chromatography over polyamide of the ethylacetate fraction of the aqueous alcohol extract of Limonium gmelinii roots. The former proanthocyanidine was isolated for the first time from sea lavender whereas the latter is new. __________ Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 2, pp. 134–138, March–April, 2006.