pelargonidin Chem.
(pɛləˈgəʊnɪdɪn)
[a. G. pelargonidin (R. Willstätter 1914, in Sitzungsber. d. k. preuss. Akad. d. Wissensch. 405), f. as next: see -idin.]
An anthocyanidin (usu. isolated as the chloride, C15H11O5Cl) that is the aglycone of pelargonin and many other red plant pigments.
| 1914 Chem. Abstr. VIII. 3421 The pelargonin of the scarlet pelargona flower on hydrolysis gave 2 mols. dextrose and 1 mol. of pelargonidin, C15H11O6Cl [sic]. 1934 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 1612 The orange-scarlet nasturtium contains a pelargonidin 3-bioside, the red gloxinia flowers are coloured by a pelargonidin rhamnoglycoside, and pelargonidin 3-glycosides occur in scarlet carnations, strawberries,..and in other flowers. 1937 [see delphinidin]. 1965 [see peonidin]. 1966 [see cyanidin]. 1974 Phytochemistry XIII. 2002 The major anthocyanins were identified as the 3-glucoside, 3-galactoside, 3-rutinoside and 3-robinobioside of pelargonidin. |