The Identification of Phenolic Compounds in Flowers of Cineraria and Their Relation to Flower Color1
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- 1 November 1971
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Horticultural Science in Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
- Vol. 96 (6) , 805-807
- https://doi.org/10.21273/jashs.96.6.805
Abstract
Extracts from flowers of 5 Cineraria cultivars contained 4 major phenolic compounds: 2 anthocyanidins (cyanidin and delphinidin), the flavone apigenin2, and caffeic acid. The flavone and the phenolic acid were present in all cultivars. The color variations among the cultivars is apparently caused by variations in the relative concn of the 2 anthocyanidins. The presence of delphinidin is of particular interest because of its rare occurrence in Compositae.Keywords
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