Isolation of Two Quinochalcones from Carthamus tinctorius
2008
Yoon, H.R. (Kyung Hee University, Suwon, Republic of Korea) | Paik, Y.S. (Kyung Hee University, Suwon, Republic of Korea), E-mail: [email protected]
Red and yellow colorants from the safflower florets (Carthamus tinctorius L., Compositae) are applicable to processed foods and soft drinks as color additives, cosmetic rouge, dyes, and medicine [Meselhy et al., 1993]. Almost all of these red and yellow colorants in the petals of safflower are classified as members of the C-glucosylquinochalcone family of flavonoids that occurs only in C. tinctorius [Kazuma et al., 2000]. A red colorant of the safflower, carthamin, is composed of two C-glucosylquinochalcone moieties [Obara and Onodera, 1979].
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