Experientia

, Volume 23, Issue 8, pp 611–612 | Cite as

Anthocyanins ofDioscorea alata L.

  • V. Rašper
  • D. G. Coursey
Specialia Chimica. Biochimica

Keywords

Glycoside Cyanidine Pigment Principal Pourpre 
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Résumé

Trois anthocyanines ont été extraits de tubercules d'une variété de l'ignameD. alata à chair pourpre. Tous les 3 sont des glycosides de la cyanidine: le pigment principal est le cyanidine-3,5-diglucoside.

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Copyright information

© Birkhäuser Verlag 1967

Authors and Affiliations

  • V. Rašper
    • 1
  • D. G. Coursey
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Biochemistry, Nutrition and Food ScienceUniversity of Ghana, LegonAccraGhana

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