Betalains are vacuolar pigments composed of a nitrogenous core structure, betalamic acid.
Betalamic acid condenses with imino compounds (cyclo-DOPA/its glucosyl derivates) or …

Betalains are vacuolar pigments composed of a nitrogenous core structure, betalamic acid
[4-(2-oxoethylidene)-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydropyridine-2, 6-dicarboxylic acid]. Betalamic acid …

Anthocyanins occur widely in plants, being responsible for their blue, purple, violet,
magenta, red and orange coloration; while betalains, consisting of red-violet betacyanins …

This work, which includes formulae and biosynthetic pathways of antibiotics and toxins of
fungal origin throughout the text, classifies fungal metabolites by their biosynthetic origin …

The majority of the 500 or so naturally occurring amino acids known today were discovered
during the last 30 years, for example during the search for new antibiotics in the culture …

This review discusses cactus pear fruit with special emphasis on its functional components.
Besides their nutritional importance, their significance in plant physiology is also described …

The Macromycetes exhibit a great variety of colours and colour changes which have
traditionally been used by mycologists as taxonomic characters. The scientific bases of …

From the stems and fruits of Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten, eight flavonoids, kaempferol
(1), quercetin (2), kaempferol 3-methyl ether (3), quercetin 3-methyl ether (4), narcissin …

Betalains are pigments that have properties that benefit health, such as antioxidant,
anticancer, and antimicrobial activity, and they also possess a high ability to provide color …

Reproductive biology of cactus fruit crops Page 344 Reproductive Biology of Cactus Fruit Crops
Avinoam Nerd The Institutes for Applied Research Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Beer-Sheva …