Anthocyanins were located mainly in the pericarp of the black–
purple rice, with a total of 1.4 mg/g fresh weight being detected, in
the form of seven different anthocyanin species (Table 1). The major
anthocyanins were cyanidin-3-O-glucoside (89.0% of total
anthocyanins) and peonidin-3-O-glucoside (9.3%) along with five
minor components (