title: Dihydrophloroglucinol
text: # Dihydrophloroglucinol
  
  Dihydrophloroglucinol is a chemical compound found in the pathway of the microbial degradation of phloroglucinol and other phenolic compounds.
  
  The enzyme phloroglucinol reductase uses dihydrophloroglucinol and $NADP^+$ to produce phloroglucinol, NADPH, and $H^+.$ It is found in the bacterium species Eubacterium oxidoreducens.
  
  