The molecule is a cinnamate ester obtained by formal condensation of the carboxy group of cis-coumaric acid with one of the hydroxy groups of meso-tartaric acid. It has a role as a metabolite. It derives from a meso-tartaric acid and a cis-4-coumaric acid.
(2R,3S)-2-hydroxy-3-[(Z)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoyl]oxybutanedioic acid