Betacyanins from vine cactus hylocereus polyrhizus

S. Wybraniec, Itzhak Platzner, Shimona Geresh, Hugo E. Gottlieb, Marcela Haimberg, Michael Mogilnitzki, Yosef Mizrahi

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Abstract

The presence of betacyanin pigments and their isoforms has been detected in the fruit of Hylocereus polyrhizus, a vine cactus native to South America. Along with the known betanin and phyllocactin (6′-O-malonylbetanin), a new betacyanin was structurally elucidated as betanidin 5-O-[6′-O-(3′-hydroxy-3′-methyl-glutaryl)β- D-glucopyranoside] (proposed trivial name hylocerenin) by means of electrospray MS/MS, HPLC, and NMR techniques.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1209-1212
Number of pages4
JournalPhytochemistry
Volume58
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 14 Dec 2001

Keywords

  • Betacyanins
  • Betalains
  • Betanin
  • Cactaceae
  • Hylocereus polyrhizus
  • Phyllocactin
  • Vine cactus

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