CONDENSED TANNINS OF RAPESEED MEAL

Abstract

ABSTRACT The study was undertaken to determine the amount and nature of condensed tannins in rapeseed meal. No condensed tannins were found in rapeseed meats (endosperm plus germ). The hulls, however, yielded 0.1% condensed tannins by 70% aqueous acetone extraction, the bulk of the condensed tannins in the hulls being unextractable by the extractants used. The basic unit of the isolated polymeric flavanols appeared to be leucocyanidin.