From violet flowers of Babiana stricta two new malvidin 3,5-diglucosid
e sulphates and a malonyl malvidin 3,5-diglucoside were isolated and c
haracterized as malvidin 3-glucoside-5-(2''-sulphatoglucoside), malvid
in 3-glucoside-5-(2''-sulphato-6''-malonylglucoside) and malvidin 3-gl
ucoside-5-(6''-malonylglucoside) by means of spectroscopic and chemica
l methods.