WANI Dictionary

Polyphenol

Polyphenols are secondary metabolites containing multiple phenolic units.

Definitions in the literature

• Polyphenols are defined as secondary metabolites resulting from the shikimate pathway-derived phenylpropanoid and/or the polyketide pathway(s) [1].
• Polyphenols are defined by the presence of multiple phenolic units, but with more than 8000 structural varieties characterized, they represent a highly diverse group of compounds [2].