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Strategies used by nature to fix the red, purple and blue colours in plants: a physical chemistry approach

Published:2021 Issue:42 Volume:23 Page:24080-24101
ISSN:1463-9076
Container-title:Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
language:en
Short-container-title:Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

Author:

Basílio Nuno¹^ORCID,Mendoza Johan¹^ORCID,Seco André¹^ORCID,Oliveira Joana²^ORCID,de Freitas Victor²^ORCID,Pina Fernando¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. LAQV – REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal

2. LAQV – REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal

Abstract

Simple anthocyanins by themselves are unable to give significant colours in plants. In this work, the strategies used by nature to fix the flavylium cation and quinoidal base colours are investigated from the point of view of their physical chemistry.

Funder

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,General Physics and Astronomy

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/CP/D1CP03034E

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