Table 1.

Naturally Occurring Anthocyanidins

Anthocyanidin	Abbreviation	Substitution Pattern
		3	5	6	7	3′	4′	5′
Apigeninidin	Ap	H	OH	H	OH	H	OH	H
Aurantinidin	Au	OH	OH	OH	OH	H	OH	H
Capensinidin	Cp	OH	OMe	H	OH	OMe	OH	OMe
Cyanidin	Cy	OH	OH	H	OH	OH	OH	H
Delphinidin	Dp	OH	OH	H	OH	OH	OH	OH
Europinidin	Eu	OH	OMe	H	OH	OMe	OH	OH
Hirsutidin	Hs	OH	OH	H	OMe	OMe	OH	OMe
6-Hydroxycyanidin	6-OHCy	OH	OH	OH	OH	OH	OH	H
6-Hydroxydelphinidin	6-OHDp	OH	OH	OH	OH	OH	OH	OH
Luteolinidin	Lt	H	OH	H	OH	OH	OH	H
Malvidin	Mv	OH	OH	H	OH	OMe	OH	OMe
5-Methylcyanidin	5-MCy	OH	OMe	H	OH	OH	OH	H
Pelargonidin	Pg	OH	OH	H	OH	H	OH	H
Peonidin	Pn	OH	OH	H	OH	OMe	OH	H
Petunidin	Pt	OH	OH	H	OH	OMe	OH	OH
Pulchellidin	PI	OH	OMe	H	OH	OH	OH	OH
Riccionidin A*		H	H	OH	OH	H	OH	H
Rosinidin	Rs	OH	OH	H	OMe	OMe	OH	H
Tricetinidin	Tr	H	OH	H	OH	OH	OH	OH

Bold type indicates the most commonly found anthocyanidins.

^*2′OH and an ether connection between 3 & 6′.