Anthocyanins: Nature's Glamorous Palette

Handbook of Natural Colorants

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 135-150

  Melo, Maria J ^a   Pina, Fernando ^a   Andary, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin use as food additives back to antiquity; Anthocyanins nature's glamorous palette; Anthocyanins as antioxidants; Anthocyanins deriving from Greek Anthos (flower) and Kyanos (blue); Chemical structures of principal anthocyanidins; Commercial products and processing; Molecular structures for anthocyanins, anthocyanidins, deoxyanthocyanins and synthetic flavylium chromophores

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889278519     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470744970.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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