title: Purpurogallin
text: # Purpurogallin
  
  Purpurogallin is an aglycone natural product. It is an orange-red solid that is soluble in polar organic solvents but not in water. Its glycoside (ether-linked to sugar), called dryophantin, is found in nutgalls and oak barks. Purpurogallin can be prepared by oxidation of pyrogallol with sodium periodate.
  
  ## Medicinal aspects
  
  Purpurogallin is bioactive It can inhibit 2-hydroxy and 4-hydroxyestradiol methylation by catechol-O-methyltransferase. It potently and specifically inhibits TLR1/TLR2 activation pathway.
  
  