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.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-000418 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Plant Production, Gardening |
| References | Medical Subject Headings; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | glycoflavones; anthocyanidins; cyanin; myrtillin; malvin; keracyanin; callistephin; petunidin |
| Translations | Spanish: 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.