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anthocyanins

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000418

A group of flavonoids derived from flavonols, which lack the ketone oxygen at the 4-position. They are glycosylated versions of cyanidin, pelargonidin or delphinidin. The conjugated bonds result in blue, red, and purple colors in flowers of plants.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000418
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectPlant Production, Gardening
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoglycoflavones; anthocyanidins; cyanin; myrtillin; malvin; keracyanin; callistephin; petunidin
TranslationsSpanish: antocianinas
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000418",
  "term": "anthocyanins",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A group of flavonoids derived from flavonols, which lack the ketone oxygen at the 4-position. They are glycosylated versions of cyanidin, pelargonidin or delphinidin. The conjugated bonds result in blue, red, and purple colors in flowers of plants.",
  "subject": "Plant Production, Gardening",
  "see_also": [
    "glycoflavones",
    "anthocyanidins",
    "cyanin",
    "myrtillin",
    "malvin",
    "keracyanin",
    "callistephin",
    "petunidin"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "antocianinas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/anthocyanins/"
}

Record 418 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.