Among the angiosperms, betalains are known only in the Caryophyllales, although they also occur in some Basidiomycetes.
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Betalain
//ˈbiːtəleɪn//
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Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 甜菜色素 noun (class of red and yellow pigments)
Finnish
1 entries- betalaiini noun (class of red and yellow pigments)
German
1 entries- Betalain noun (class of red and yellow pigments)
Kazakh
1 entries- беталаин noun (class of red and yellow pigments)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- беталаин noun (class of red and yellow pigments)
Turkish
1 entries- betalain noun (class of red and yellow pigments)
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Neither the red betacyanins nor the other kind of betalain pigments, the yellow betaxanthins, are at all structurally related to the anthocyanins, and anthocyanins and betalains do not occur together in the same plant.
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2004 — Luisa Tesoriere, Mario Allegra, Daniela Butera, & Maria A. Livrea. "Absorption, excretion, and distribution of dietary anioxidant betalains in LDLs: potential health effects of betalains in humans." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 80: 941-945. Betalains, known for a long time as safe colorants for food or other industrial purposes, are phytochemicals that were recently classified as antioxidants.
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