Table 1.
Major anthocyanins in the extracts of chokeberry, cranberry, pomegranate, blueberry, elderberry, red grape, sour cherry, and black currant identified in this study using (a) HPLC-ESI-MSn analysis and authentic references or (b) tentatively identified using HPLC-ESI-MSn analysis and literature data. For details, see the Materials and Methods section, Section 4.3.
| Red Fruit | Number of Anthocyanins Identified | Major Anthocyanins | [M + H]+
m/z |
Fragments m/z |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| chokeberry | 6 | Cyanidin-3-galactoside (a) | 449 | 287 |
| Cyanidin-3-arabinoside (a) | 419 | 287 | ||
| cranberry | 7 | Peonidin-3-galactoside (b) | 463 | 301 |
| Cyanidin-3-galactoside (b) | 449 | 287 | ||
| pomegranate | 4 | Cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside (b) | 611 | 287 |
| Cyanidin-3-glucoside (a) | 449 | 287 | ||
| blueberry | 14 | Peonidin-3-galactoside (b) | 463 | 301 |
| Cyanidin-3-galactoside (a) | 449 | 287 | ||
| elderberry | 4 | Cyanidin-3-sambubioside (b) | 581 | 287 |
| red grape | 21 | Malvidin-3-glucoside (a) | 493 | 331 |
| Peonidin-3-glucoside (a) | 463 | 301 | ||
| sour cherry | 4 | Cyanidin-3-(2G-glucosylrutinoside) (b) | 757 | 287 |
| Cyanidin-3-rutinoside (b) | 595 | 287 | ||
| black currant | 5 | Cyanidin-3-rutinoside (b) | 595 | 287 |
| Delphinidin-3-rutinoside (b) | 611 | 303 |