Structures of Acylated Anthocyan Pigments in Vitis vinifera Variety Tinta Pinheira. Identification of Anthocyanidin, Sugar, and Acid Moieties

Abstract

SUMMARY Investigation of the anthocyan skin pigments in hands 1, 2, and 3 isolated from Vitis vinifera var. Tinta Pinheira grapes showed that the pigments from hand 2 consisted of the 3‐mono‐glucosides of malvidin, peonidin, delphinidin, and petunidin, each acylated with p‐coumaric acid. The pigments from hand 3 consisted of the same four anthocyanins, each acylated with caffeic acid. Evidence is presented to show that the pigments in hand 1 were an artifact obtained under certain experimental conditions, and a tentative explanation for their formation is proposed.