The polyphenols found in grapes are highly diverse compounds and can be broadly classified into four groups:

Phenolic acids (e.g. gallic acid)
Anthocyanins (pigments, e.g. malvidin 3-glucoside)
Simple flavonoids
Complex flavonoids (proanthocyanidins)

The polyphenols are distributed throughout the grape as follows:

Grape seed
  60% of extractable grape polyphenols
  Mainly proanthocyanidins (monomeric flavan-3-ols, especially (+)-catechin, (-)-epicatechin, (+/-) gallocatechin, (-)-epicatechin 3-0-gallate; and their oligomers and polymers)
Grape skin
  30% of extractable grape polyphenols
  Mainly pigmented tannins (flavonoids)
  Resveratrol
Grape pulp
  Less than 10% of total extractable grape polyphenols

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