The chromatograms recorded at 520 nm corresponding to the
anthocyanin profiles of the black carrot extracts from Cuevas Bajas
(Spain) are displayed in Fig. 1. Table 1 shows the mass of the
individual anthocyanins identified by LC–MS, as well as the lmax
values obtained from the respective UV–visible spectra recorded
from the HPLC-DAD detector. The respective chemical structures
are shown in Figs. 2 and 3. It can be seen from Fig. 1 and Table 1 that
both black carrots contain essentially acylated anthocyanins. The
major anthocyanins detected are cyanidin-based containing
different sugar moieties non-acylated (compound 1 and 2), or