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Cinchotannic acid

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Cinchotannic acid
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Properties
C28H19O17 (?)
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Cinchotannic acid is a tannin contained in many cinchona barks, which by oxidation rapidly yields a dark-coloured phlobaphene[1] called red cinchonic,[2] cinchono-fulvic acid or cinchona red.[3]

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