The composition of commelinin, a highly associated metalloanthocyanin present in the blue flower petals of commelina communis

A proposed structure of commelinin, a sk

A proposed structure of commelinin, a sky-blue anthocyanin complex obtained from the flower petals of commelina

✍ Toshio Goto; Tsutomu Hoshino; Shigehiro Takase 📂 Article 📅 1979 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 French ⚖ 245 KB

Extensive studies on the correlation between structure of anthocyanin and flower color have been carried out, but some important problems still remain unsolved . ) One of them is nature of blue color of flowers such as commelinin . Origin of such blue color cannot be explained simply in terms of pH