prodelphinidin

English

Etymology

pro- +‎ delphinidin

Noun

prodelphinidin (countable and uncountable, plural prodelphinidins)

1. (biochemistry) The polymeric tannins, composed of gallocatechin, that yield delphinidin during depolymerization under oxidative conditions.
   • 2015 July 31, “Procyanidins Negatively Affect the Activity of the Phosphatases of Regenerating Liver”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     A study with pure prodelphinidin B3 and C2 showed that they inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells through cell cycle arrest and caspase-3 activation.