Anthocyanins

Question 1

Anthocyanins

Answer 1

Responsible for pigmentation of flowers and fruits (red, pink, purple, blue)

Foods
- strawberries,, cherries, cranberries, blueberries, raspberries) BERRIES

Terminology
- glycoside: anthocyanin (linked with glucose)
- aglycone: anthocyanidins

Question 2

Anthocyanins: colours

Answer 2

Relevance to PLANTS
- purpose in the plant as a pigment to attract animals for seed and pollen dispersal

Relevance to HUMANS
- provide colour to our food, enhance enjoyment , may protect against disease

Question 3

AnthocyaniNS metabolites

Answer 3

Only 0.05 % consumed anthocyanidin recovered in urine

Instead metabolites are found

Highlights relevance of metabolites

Recall relevance of intestinal bacteria

Question 4

AnthocyaniNS health effects

Answer 4

Anti inflammatory effects
- down reg of no kb oathway

Antioxidant effect
- decrease ROS

blood pressure reduction
- flavonoid effect