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The Major Anthocyanin Pigments of the Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)

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ALTHOUGH it has been definitely established that cultivated strawberries contain pelargonidin-3-monoglucoside as the major anthocyanin1,2 and cyanidin-3-monoglucoside as a minor component3, there is still some question about the identity of the pigments of Fragaria vesca. As a result of qualitative tests, Robinson4 suggested in 1934 that the anthocyanin of F. vesca is pelargonidin-3-monogalactoside. In a more recent paper, Robinson and Smith2 described a chromatographic procedure for distinguishing pelargonidin-3-monoglucoside and the galactoside, but left the identity of the anthocyanins of wild strawberries as an open question.

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SONDHEIMER, E., KARASH, C. The Major Anthocyanin Pigments of the Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca). Nature 178, 648–649 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178648a0

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