@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00015185,
 author = {Matsuo, Yosuke and Fujita, Yusuke and Ohnishi, Sachiko and Tanaka, Takashi and Hirabaru, Hideaki and Kai, Takanori and Sakaida, Hiroshi and Nishizono, Shoko and Kouno, Isao},
 issue = {4},
 journal = {Food Chemistry},
 month = {Aug},
 note = {Chemical constituents of the leaves of rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei READE) were investigated in detail. The major phenolic components were caffeoyl quinic acids, flavonol glycosides, flavan-3-ols and proanthocyanidins. Catechins and proanthocyanidins having additional phenylpropanoid units, such as cinchonains, kandelins and mururins, characterised the polyphenols of this plant. Among them, vaccinin A, an isomer of mururin A, was found to be a new compound, and the structure was characterised by spectroscopic methods. The most abundant polyphenols (11.3% of freeze-dried leaves) were oligomeric proanthocyanidins. Thiol degradation with mercaptoethanol indicated that the polymer was constituted of (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin as the terminal units and (-)-epicatechin, procyanidin A-2, and cinchonains Ia and Ib as the extension units. Mass spectral analysis suggested the presence of at least dodecamers with A-type linkages and phenylpropanoid moieties., Food Chemistry, 121(4), pp.1073-1079; 2010},
 pages = {1073--1079},
 title = {Chemical constituents of the leaves of rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei) and characterisation of polymeric proanthocyanidins containing phenylpropanoid units and A-type linkages},
 volume = {121},
 year = {2010}
}