Quebecol is a phenolic

Phenolic

Phenolic is an adjective and a substantive that may apply to :* Natural phenolics and polyphenols, two related classes of natural compounds found in plants* Phenol , a colorless crystalline solid and aromatic compound...

 chemical compound

Chemical compound

A chemical compound is a pure chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemical elements that can be separated into simpler substances by chemical reactions. Chemical compounds have a unique and defined chemical structure; they consist of a fixed ratio of atoms that are held together...

 that has been isolated from Canadian maple syrup

Maple syrup

Maple syrup is a syrup usually made from the xylem sap of sugar maple, red maple, or black maple trees, although it can also be made from other maple species such as the bigleaf maple. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before the winter; the starch is then...

. It has the chemical formula C₂₄H₂₆O₇ and the systematic name 2,3,3-tri-(3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-propanol. Analysis of maple sap

Sap

Sap may refer to:* Plant sap, the fluid transported in xylem cells or phloem sieve tube elements of a plant* Sap , a village in the Dunajská Streda District of Slovakia...

before it is converted into syrup suggests that this compound is not naturally present in the sap but, instead, is formed during extraction or processing.