MOLECULE

Cyanidin 3-glucoside

Cyanidin 3-glucoside, also known as asterin? or chrysontemin, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as pyranones and derivatives. Pyranones and derivatives are compounds containing a pyran ring which bears a ketone. Cyanidin 3-glucoside is an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa). Outside of the human body, Cyanidin 3-glucoside is found, on average, in the highest concentration within a few different foods, such as black elderberries, rubus (blackberry, raspberry), and bilberries and in a lower concentration in redcurrants, strawberries, and sweet oranges. Cyanidin 3-glucoside has also been detected, but not quantified in, several different foods, such as common pea, peachs, tartary buckwheats, soft-necked garlics, and fats and oils. This could make cyanidin 3-glucoside a potential biomarker for the consumption of these foods. An anthocyanin cation that is a cyanidin cation linked to a beta-D-glucosyl moiety at position 3. Cyanidin 3-glucoside is expected to be in Cannabis as all living plants are known to produce and metabolize it.