Primulin is an
anthocyanin. It is the 3-
galactoside
A galactoside is a glycoside containing galactose. The H of the OH group on carbon-1 of galactose is replaced by an organic moiety.
Depending on whether the glycosidic bond lies "above" or "below" the plane of the galactose molecule, galactosides ...
of
malvidin. It can be found in ''
Primula sinensis''.
The first crystalline form of this pigment was prepared by
Rose Scott-Moncrieff in about 1930. This was the first crystalline anthrocyanine pigment ever identified. This was possible because of her insight into linking genetics with chemistry.
Rose Scott-Moncrieff and the dawn of (Bio) Chemical Genetics
Cathie Martin, April 2016, Biochemical classics, Biochemist.org, Retrieved 5 July 2016
References
O-methylated anthocyanins
Flavonoid galactosides
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