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What is an anthocyanin?

What is an anthocyanin? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of many water-soluble red to violet plant pigments related to the flavonoids.
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Pigment accumulated throughout the shaft of the silks and was not limited to the silk hairs as is typical of anthocyanin pigmentation.
An example is the black raspberry, which has the highest anthocyanin level of any temperate fruit.
He has pinpointed markers signaling the presence of an unwanted, purplish color in wheatgrasses caused by the pigment anthocyanin.
The combination of excess sugar sap and sunny days create an abundance of the pigment anthocyanin and the brilliant fall colors of crimson and purple.
Beech trees have more of a red pigment called anthocyanin and birch trees have more carotene which turns leaves yellow.
The colour itself is anthocyanin, basically the same pigmentation as people can see in the autumn.

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