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Chemistry and Pharmacological Actions of Delphinidin, a Dietary Purple Pigment in Anthocyanidin and Anthocyanin Forms

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Nutrition, March 2022
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Title
Chemistry and Pharmacological Actions of Delphinidin, a Dietary Purple Pigment in Anthocyanidin and Anthocyanin Forms
Published in
Frontiers in Nutrition, March 2022
DOI 10.3389/fnut.2022.746881
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Authors

Asif Husain, Harshit Chanana, Shah Alam Khan, U. M. Dhanalekshmi, M. Ali, Anwar A. Alghamdi, Aftab Ahmad

Abstract

Anthocyanins are naturally occurring water-soluble flavonoids abundantly present in fruits and vegetables. They are polymethoxyderivatives of 2-phenyl-benzopyrylium or flavylium salts. Delphinidin (Dp) is a purple-colored plant pigment, which occurs in a variety of berries, eggplant, roselle, and wine. It is found in a variety of glycosidic forms ranging from glucoside to arabinoside. Dp is highly active in its aglycone form, but the presence of a sugar moiety is vital for its bioavailability. Several animal and human clinical studies have shown that it exerts beneficial effects on gut microbiota. Dp exhibits a variety of useful biological activities by distinct and complex mechanisms. This manuscript highlights the basic characteristics, chemistry, biosynthesis, stability profiling, chemical synthesis, physicochemical parameters along with various analytical methods developed for extraction, isolation and characterization, diverse biological activities and granted patents to this lead anthocyanin molecule, Dp. This review aims to open pathways for further exploration and research investigation on the true potential of the naturally occurring purple pigment (Dp) in its anthocyanidin and anthocyanin forms beyond nutrition.

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Unknown 76 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 9%
Student > Bachelor 6 8%
Student > Postgraduate 5 7%
Student > Master 4 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 4%
Other 7 9%
Unknown 44 58%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 8%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 5%
Chemistry 2 3%
Unspecified 2 3%
Other 8 11%
Unknown 47 62%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 213. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 August 2023.
All research outputs
#193,396
of 26,441,283 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Nutrition
#124
of 7,621 outputs
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#6,055
of 470,021 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Nutrition
#8
of 637 outputs
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