Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Casuarictin is an ellagitannin a type of hydrolysable tannin. It can be found in Casuarina and Stachyurus species.It is formed from two hexahydroxydiphenic acid and one gallic acid units linked to a glucose molecule.The molecule is formed from tellimagrandin II itself formed from pentagalloyl glucose via oxidation. Casuarictin is transformed into pedunculagin via loss of a gallate group and further into castalagin via glucose pyranose ring opening.
