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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 1997  > October  >
Chemistry Everyday for Everyone
JCE Classroom Activity
Anthocyanins: A Colorful Class of Compounds

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October 1997
Vol. 74 No. 10
p. 1176A
Abstract
The red colors of leaves in the fall, and the colors of radish skins, beets, and some cabbages result from pigments known as anthocyanins. This activity makes use of the fact that these substances are also acid-base indicators. The earliest definition of acids was given by Robert Boyle, who stated that acids turned plant juices red. In his book Experiemnts upon Colours, published in 1663, Boyle described a means of making indicator paper from the juices of violets, cornflowers, roses, snowdrops, brazilwood, primroses, cochineal, and litmus. Use of such natural acid-base indicators predates the use of synthetic indicators such as phenolphthalein by over 2000 years.

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*  Citation
 J. Chem. Educ. 1997 74 1176A.
*  Keywords
 Acid-Base Chemistry, Introductory/High School Chemistry, and Teaching/Learning Aids; Classroom Activity
*  History
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Last Updated:		 July 27, 1999
June 23, 2005
Link to Letter added (May 2004). Link to Cover added (June 2004).
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