anthocyanins
Plant pigments of the
flavonoid
class; they are
glycosides
that on
hydrolysis
yield coloured
aglycons
called
anthocyanidins
Source:
PAC, 1995,
67
, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1318