MOLECULE

Delphinidin 3-glucoside

Delphinidin 3-glucoside, also known as myrtillin, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as anthocyanidin-5-o-glycosides. These are phenolic compounds containing one anthocyanidin moiety which is O-glycosidically linked to a carbohydrate moiety at the C5-position. Delphinidin 3-glucoside is an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa). Outside of the human body, Delphinidin 3-glucoside is found, on average, in the highest concentration within a few different foods, such as bilberries, blackcurrants, and summer grapes and in a lower concentration in common beans, lowbush blueberries, and red raspberries. Delphinidin 3-glucoside has also been detected, but not quantified in, several different foods, such as eggplants, fruits, rubus (blackberry, raspberry), sweet cherries, and black chokeberries. This could make delphinidin 3-glucoside a potential biomarker for the consumption of these foods. An anthocyanin cation consisting of delphinidin having a beta-D-glucosyl residue attached at the 3-hydroxy position. Delphinidin 3-glucoside is expected to be in Cannabis as all living plants are known to produce and metabolize it.