From the liophylized commercialy frozen extract of the fruit of Euterpes oleracea (açaí) two anthocyanins were isolated and identified as cianidin-3-arabinoside and cyanidin-3-arabinosylarabinoside. The percentage of total anthocyanins in the peels of the fruits was 263 mg/100g peel.
Açaí; Euterpes oleracea; cianidin-3-arabinoside; cyanidin-3-arabinosylarabinoside