Title: anthocyanins
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - anthocyanins
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.A00380
Status: current

Definition
Plant pigments of the flavonoid class; they are glycosides that on hydrolysis yield coloured aglycons called anthocyanidins.

Related Terms
- aglycons: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/A00185
- anthocyanidins: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/A00379
- flavonoid: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/F02424
- glycosides: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/G02661
- hydrolysis: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/H02902

Source
- PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1318 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199567081307)

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Citation: Citation: 'anthocyanins' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.A00380
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