Betacyanins
"Betacyanins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Conjugates of betalamic acid with cyclo-dopa, both of which derive from TYROSINE. They appear similar to INDOLES but are biosynthesized by a different path and contain N+. Members are red or violet COLORING AGENTS found in the Caryophyllales order of PLANTS and some BASIDIOMYCETES.
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D050859
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.092.877.233.500 D02.675.276.136.500 D03.132.124.500 D03.383.621.080.500 D12.125.072.050.875.064.500
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