• Source: Copigmentation

Copigmentation is a phenomenon where pigmentation due to anthocyanidins is reinforced by the presence of other colorless flavonoids known as cofactors or “copigments”. This occurs by the formation of a non-covalently-linked complex.




Examples


Flowers
An example is the bluish purple flowers of the Japanese garden iris (Iris ensata). The characteristic floral jade coloration of Strongylodon macrobotrys has been shown to be an example of copigmentation, a result of the presence of malvin (the anthocyanin) and saponarin (a flavone glucoside) in the ratio 1:9.

Berries
It is a phenomenon observed in the berry color of the porcelain berry (Ampelopsis glandulosa).

Food
Part of the color of red wine can be due to the copigmentation phenomenon. Copigmentation is only important during the early stages of a wine's age. Anthocyanins begin to polymerize with other wine compounds, such as hydroxycinnamic acids, tannins, glyceraldehyde or proteins, to form more complex structures with covalent C–C bonds.




See also


Metalloanthocyanin




References






External links


Copigmentation reactions and color stability of berry anthocyanins. Academic dissertation by Maarit Rein, Helsinki 2005

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Asphoria
• Copigmentation
• Japanese iris
• Iris ensata
• Oenin
• Strongylodon macrobotrys
• Wine color
• Ampelopsis glandulosa
• Saponarin
• Malvin
• Basics of blue flower colouration