2004•Food Science and Technology InternationalRequires access
Qualitative study on the structure of roselle calyx red pigment
Yu Hua
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Abstract
A series of qualitative experiment of roselle calyx red pigment was done so that the chemical structure of the pigment was appraised preliminarily.The results showed that the roselle calyx pigment was a kind of anthocyanin with pyrocatechol and pyrogallol hydroxyl, as well as had glucose and xylose glycoside. The main body structure was delphinidin and cyanidin.