%0 Journal Article %T Caracterizaci¨®n y estabilidad de antocianinas de higo, variedad Mission %A Aguilera-Ort¨ªz %A M %A Alanis-Guzm¨¢n %A MG %A Garc¨ªa-D¨ªaz %A CL %A Hern¨¢ndez-Brenes %A CM %J Universidad y ciencia %D 2009 %I Universidad Ju¨¢rez Aut¨®noma de Tabasco %X mission variety bluish-black fig (ficus carica) anthocyanins were extracted from freeze dried fig skin with acidified methanol, hydrolysed with hcl and purified using a c-18 sep-pak£¿ cartridge. the monomeric anthocyanin content, determined by the ph-differential method, was 162 mg (100 g of skin tissue (cianidin-glucoside basis))-1. cyanidin was separated and identified by hplc as the only anthocyanin present in the bluish-black fig. it was confirmed that the greatest stability of anthocyanins extracted from mission figs was that at a ph of 3.0, at 4 ¡ãc and in darkness, and it remained during 14 days. %K fig %K anthocyanins %K stability. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0186-29792009000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en