The conversion of procyanidins and prodelphinidins to cyanidin and delphinidin |
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Authors: | Lawrence J Porter Liana N Hrstich Bock G Chan |
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Institution: | 1. Western Regional Research Centre, U.S.D.A., A.R.S., 800 Buchanan Street, Berkeley, CA 94710, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The hydrolysis of proanthocyanidins to anthocyanidins in n-BuOH-HCl (95:5) has been shown to be an autoxidation, the yield of anthocyanidin being critically dependent on trace metal-ion impurities. Reproducible yields of anthocyanidin may be achieved if iron (III) salts are added to the reaction medium, and a standard method of analysis of proanthocyanidins based on use of an n-BuOH-HCl-FeIII mixture is given. The ratio of absorbance maxima of the cyanidin (550 nm) produced to that near 280 nm for the original procyanidin polymer solution was ~ 3.5. |
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Keywords: | Procyanidin prodelphinidin anthocyanidin hydrolysis autoxidation iron salts analytical method |
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