E. Maccarone et al., Cyanidin-3-(6 ''-malonyl)-beta-glucoside. One of the major anthocyanins inblood orange juice, ITAL J FOOD, 10(4), 1998, pp. 367-372
One of the major anthocyanins of blood orange juice, previously designated
as cyanidin-3 -glucoside-acetate or cyanidin-3-rhamnoside, was extracted an
d purified by semi-preparative HPLC. The structure of the pigment was eluci
dated by HPLC-Mass Spectrometry and IH NMR spectroscopy to be cyanidin-3- (
6"-malonyl)- beta-glucoside.