Definition of Anthocyanins

1. Noun. (plural of anthocyanin) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anthocyanins

1. anthocyanin [n] - See also: anthocyanin

Medical Definition of Anthocyanins

1. Glycosidic pigments in blue, red, and purple flowers and also found as metabolic byproducts in blood and urine. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthocyanins

anthimeria
anthimerias
anthiolimine
antho-
anthobian
anthobranchia
anthocarp
anthocarpous
anthocauli
anthocyan
anthocyanidin
anthocyanidins
anthocyanin
anthocyanine
anthocyanins (current term)
anthocyans
anthodia
anthodium
anthographies
anthography
anthoid
anthoinite
anthokyan
antholite
antholites
anthological
anthologically
anthologies
anthologise

Literary usage of Anthocyanins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Plant Products by Paul Haas, Thomas George Hill (1917)
"EXTRACTION OF anthocyanins. The method of extracting anthocyanins varies with the material employed.]: The method recommended in ..."

2. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"anthocyanins and Flavonols Hawksworth and Wiens (1972) conducted the first ... They studied the anthocyanins, flavonols, flavones, and cinnamic acid ..."

3. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1916)
"The anthocyanins are characterized as nitrogen-free substances of ampho- ... The acid character of the anthocyanins is due to their poly- phenolic nature. ..."

4. Pigments of Flowering Plants by Nellie Antoinette Wakeman (1913)
"anthocyanins are red, blue and purple pigments extracted from flowers, fruits, and leaves by ... The anthocyanins all exhibit a characteristic reaction, ..."

5. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"These colouring matters are glucosides, and have the name anthocyanins. ... Since the anthocyanins do not contain nitrogen, WILLSTATTER regards these salts ..."

6. Carotinoids and Related Pigments: The Chromolipoids by Leroy Sheldon Palmer (1922)
"Yellow and orange colored anthocyanins, giving a red color with sulphuric acid, are more common in flowers than are flavones, according to Bidgood, ..."

7. Thin-Layer Chromatography: A Camag Bibliography edited by Dieter Janchen (1992)
"Phytochemistry 31, 2127-2130 (1992). TLC of the major anthocyanins of ... Detection by UV for the anthocyanins and with aniline hydrogen phthalate for ..."

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