Luteic acid is a natural phenol found in numerous fruits.

Maximilian Nierenstein showed in 1945 that luteic acid was a molecule present in the myrobalanitannin, a tannin found in the fruit of Terminalia chebula and is an intermediary compound in the synthesis of ellagic acid.

[1] It can form from hexahydroxydiphenic acid.

It is also present in the structure of the tannins alnusiin and bicornin.

[2] This article about an aromatic compound is a stub.