Hydroxycinnamic acid
      
Hydroxycinnamic acids (hydroxycinnamates) are a class of Aromatic acids or phenylpropanoids having a C6-C3 skeleton. These compounds are hydroxy derivatives of cinnamic acid.
In the category of phytochemicals that can be found in food, there are :
-  α-Cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid 
 
-  Caffeic acid – burdock, hawthorn, artichoke, pear, basil, thyme, oregano, apple
 
-  Cichoric acid
 
-  Cinnamic acid – aloe
 
-  Chlorogenic acid – echinacea, strawberries, pineapple, coffee, sunflower, blueberries
 
-  Diferulic acids
 
-  Coumaric acid
 
-  Coumarin – citrus fruits, maize
 
-  Ferulic acid (3-methoxy-4-hydroxycinnamic acid) – oats, rice, artichoke, orange, pineapple, apple, peanut
 
-  Sinapinic acid (3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxycinnamic acid or sinapic acid)
 
 Hydroxycinnamoyltartaric acids 
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  |  Monohydroxycinnamic acids (Coumaric acids)  |  | 
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  |  Trihydroxycinnamic acids  |  | 
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  |  O-methylated forms  |  | 
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  |  others  |  | 
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  |  | Esters | glycoside-likes  | Esters of caffeic acid with cyclitols  | esters of quinic acid  | 
-  Chlorogenic acid (3-caffeoylquinic acid)
 
-  Cryptochlorogenic acid (4-O-caffeoylquinic acid)
 
-  Neochlorogenic acid (5-O-Caffeoylquinic acid)
 
-  Cynarine (1,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid)
 
-  3,4-dicaffeoylquinic acid
 
-  3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid
  
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  |  esters of shikimic acid  |  | 
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  |  Glycosides  |  | 
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  |  Tartaric acid esters  |  | 
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  |  Other esters with caffeic acid  |  | 
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  |  Caffeoyl phenylethanoid  glycoside (CPG)  | 
-  Echinacoside 
 
-  Calceolarioside A, B, C and F
 
-  Chiritoside A, B and C 
 
-  Cistanoside A, B, C, D, E, F, G an H
 
-  Conandroside 
 
-  Myconoside 
 
-  Pauoifloside 
 
-  Plantainoside A 
 
-  Plantamajoside 
 
-  Tubuloside B 
 
-  Verbascoside (Isoverbascoside, 2'-Acetylverbascoside)
  
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  |  | Oligomeric forms | Dimers  | 
-  Diferulic acids (DiFA) : 5,5'-Diferulic acid, 8-O-4'-Diferulic acid, 8,5'-Diferulic acid,  8,5'-DiFA (DC), 8,5'-DiFA (BF), 8,8'-Diferulic acid
  
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  |  Tetramers  |  | 
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  |  Conjugates with coenzyme A (CoA) |  | 
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 References 
- ↑  Straightforward Method To Quantify GSH, GSSG, GRP, and Hydroxycinnamic Acids in Wines by UPLC-MRM-MS. Anna Vallverdú-Queralt, Arnaud Verbaere, Emmanuelle Meudec, Veronique Cheynier and Nicolas Sommerer, J. Agric. Food Chem. 2015, 63, 142−149, doi:10.1021/jf504383g
 - 1 2 3  Vrhovsek U. (1998). "Extraction of Hydroxycinnamoyltartaric Acids from Berries of Different Grape Varieties". J Agric Food Chem. 46: 4203–8. doi:10.1021/jf980461s.