tetrafucol A

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| ImageFile = Tetrafucol A.svg

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| ImageAlt = Chemical structure of tetrafucol A

| PIN = [1¹,2¹:2³,3¹:3³,4¹-Quaterphenyl]-1²,1⁴,1⁶,2²,2⁴,2⁶,3²,3⁴,3⁶,4²,4⁴,4⁶-dodecol

| OtherNames = Tetrafucol-A

|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers

| index1_label=dodecaacetate

| CASNo1 = 57103-41-0

| CASNo_Ref = {{Cascite|changed|{{cite web |title=KNApSAcK Metabolite Information - C00040472 |url=http://www.knapsackfamily.com/knapsack_core/information.php?word=C00040472 |website=www.knapsackfamily.com}}}}

| PubChem = 71308278

| SMILES = Oc3cc(O)cc(O)c3-c4c(O)c(c(O)cc4O)-c(c1O)c(O)cc(O)c1-c2c(O)cc(O)cc2O

| SMILES1 = CC(=O)Oc1cc(OC(C)=O)c(-c2c(OC(C)=O)cc(OC(C)=O)c(-c3c(OC(C)=O)cc(OC(C)=O)c(-c4c(OC(C)=O)cc(OC(C)=O)cc4OC(C)=O)c3OC(C)=O)c2OC(C)=O)c(OC(C)=O)c1

| StdInChI=1S/C24H18O12/c25-7-1-9(27)17(10(28)2-7)19-13(31)5-15(33)21(23(19)35)22-16(34)6-14(32)20(24(22)36)18-11(29)3-8(26)4-12(18)30/h1-6,25-36H

| StdInChIKey = OZBVFMWAUXWMKV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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|Section2={{Chembox Properties

| Formula = C₂₄H₁₈O₁₂

| MolarMass = 498.392 g/mol

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Tetrafucol A is a fucol-type phlorotannin found in the brown algae Ascophyllum nodosum,{{Cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2007.03.013|title=Effects of phlorotannins from Ascophyllum nodosum (brown seaweed) on in vitro ruminal digestion of mixed forage or barley grain|year=2008|last1=Wang|first1=Y.|last2=Xu|first2=Z.|last3=Bach|first3=S.J.|last4=McAllister|first4=T.A.|journal=Animal Feed Science and Technology|volume=145|issue=1–4|pages=375–395}} Analipus japonicus{{Cite journal|pmid=17262334|year=1989|last1=Glombitza|first1=KW|last2=Zieprath|first2=G|title=Phlorotannins from the Brown Alga Analipus japonicus1|volume=55|issue=2|pages=171–5|doi=10.1055/s-2006-961916|journal=Planta Medica|bibcode=1989PlMed..55..171G |s2cid=30136746 }} and Scytothamnus australis.{{Cite journal|doi=10.1515/BOT.2003.028|title=Fucols and Phlorethols from the Brown Alga Scytothamnus australis Hook. Et Harv. (Chnoosporaceae)|year=2003|last1=Glombitza|first1=K.-W.|last2=Pauli|first2=K.|journal=Botanica Marina|volume=46|issue=3|page=28 |bibcode=2003BoMar..46...28G |s2cid=85823627}}

In A. japonicus, 5'-bromo- and 5'-chlorotetrafucol-A can also be detected.