Structure of the blue cornflower pigment - Packaging red-rose anthocyanin as part of a 'superpigment' in another flower turns it brilliant blue.

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Shiono, M
Matsugaki, N
Takeda, K
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[1] Kyushu Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Dept Phys, Fukuoka 8128581, Japan
[2] High Energy Accelerator Res Org, Photon Factory, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
[3] Tokyo Gakugei Univ, Dept Biol, Tokyo 1848501, Japan
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10.1038/436791a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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Packaging red-rose anthocyanin as part of a ‘superpigment’ in another flower turns it brilliant blue.
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