anthocyanidin
(ˌænθəʊsaɪˈænɪdɪn)
[a. G. anthocyanidin (R. Willstätter and A. E. Everest 1913, in Ann. d. Chemie CCCCI. 205); cf. next and cyanidin.]
A plant pigment formed by the hydrolysis of an anthocyanin.
| 1914 Chem. Abstr. 335 The anthocyanidin reaction..consists in extg. the fresh plant material. 1914 Proc. R. Soc. B. LXXXVII. 444 In no case could any trace of antho⁓cyanidin be found. 1934 Ann. Reg. 1933 61 The widespread distribution in plants of a new class of colourless anthocyanidins was established. |