Department of Innovative Food Sciences, Faculty of Food and Health Sciences, Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan.
Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Aichi Institute of Technology, Toyota, Aichi, Japan.
Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci. 2024;100(8):446-464. doi: 10.2183/pjab.100.028.
K. Shibata is the ancestor of the research on anthocyanins in Japan and proposed metal complex theory against the pH theory by R. Willstätter. Shibata's successors, S. Hattori and K. Hayashi, made efforts to clarify blue flower coloration by metal complexation and found commelinin, a self-assembled supramolecular metal complex pigment, in blue dayflower, Tsuyukusa. The author introduces two key reports on blue flower coloration published in the Proceedings of the Japan Academy and describes the subsequent development of the study.
K. Shibata 是日本研究花色苷的鼻祖，他针对 R. Willstätter 的 pH 理论提出了金属络合理论。Shibata 的继任者 S. Hattori 和 K. Hayashi 通过金属络合作用努力阐明蓝色花的着色，并在鸭跖草属植物中发现了一种自组装的超分子金属络合颜料—— commelinin。作者介绍了发表在《日本科学院院报》上的两篇关于蓝色花着色的关键报告，并描述了后续的研究进展。
