betalain

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A class of red and yellow indole-derived water-soluble pigments found in beets and other plants of the Caryophyllales and used commercially as coloring agents.
    — Among the angiosperms, betalains are known only in the Caryophyllales, although they also occur in some Basidiomycetes.

词形变化

betalains plural

词源

Coined to describe the pigments as derivatives from betalamic acid, from Latin bēta (“beet”), + -in.
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