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ANTHOCYANIC PIGMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plant Biology
DEF

Any of the intensely colored, sap-soluble glycoside plant pigments responsible for most scarlet, purple, mauve, and blue coloring in higher plants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

Nom donné à divers pigments, rouges, mauves, violets ou bleus, colorant de nombreuses feuilles ou fleurs.

OBS

On en trouve dans les feuilles de chou rouge, de vigne vierge, les pétales de rose, de pétunia, de mauve, d'hortensia, dans certains fruits : raisins, oranges sanguines, fraises. Solubles dans l'eau, ces pigments sont localisés dans les vacuoles des cellules. Il virent du rouge au bleu suivant que le suc vacuolaire est acide ou basique. Ce sont des hétérosides des anthocyanidines.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología vegetal
DEF

Pigmento glucosídico que se halla disuelto en la savia, y que da color rojo o azul a los pétalos, hojas o frutos.

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