In Honor of Valentines Day, we’re sharing this article from ChemViews on the Chemistry of Rose Pigments.
- Author: ChemViews
- Published Date: 14 February 2014
- Source / Publisher: Angewandte Chemie International Edition/Wiley-VCH
- Copyright: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
The red rose remains the most popular flower to give on Valentine’s Day. Carotenoids produce the yellow colors, anthocyanins the reds, and a mixture of the two the modern oranges. The huge variety of roses has been descended from wild roses by selection, mutation, and hybridization [1]. Read More…