Hopeaphenol

Hopeaphenol is a stilbenoid.

It is a resveratrol tetramer.

It has been first isolated from Dipterocarpaceae[1] like Shorea ovalis.

[2] It has also been isolated from wines from North Africa.

[3] It shows an opposite effect to vitisin A on apoptosis of myocytes isolated from adult rat heart.

Chemical structure of hopeaphenol
Chemical structure of hopeaphenol