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Table 2 Types and probable sources of dye components found in Chehrabad textile yarns

From: Analysis of dyes in textiles from the Chehrabad salt mine in Iran

Specimen

Color

Dye(s) found

Dye type

Probable plant

10031

Red (Figure 2)

Alizarin (major)

Anthraquinone

Madder (Rubia tinctorum)

  

Purpurin

  

10050

Red

Alizarin (major)

Anthraquinone

Madder (Rubia tinctorum)

  

Purpurin

  
 

Blue (Figure 4)

Indigotin

Indigoid

Woad? (Isatis tinctoria?)

  

Indirubin

  
  

"Pseudoindirubin"

  
 

Yellow-1 (Figure 5)

Quercetin 3-O-sulfate

Flavonol

Tamarisk (Tamarix sp.)

  

Quercetin 3-O-glucuronide

  
  

Other flavonols and derivatives

  
  

Ellagic acid

  
 

White

None

Undyed

None

10141

Red

Alizarin (major)

Anthraquinone

Madder (Rubia tinctorum)

  

Purpurin

  
 

Green (Figure 3B)

Indigotin

Indigoid (blue part)

Woad? (Isatis tinctoria?)

  

Indirubin

  
  

"Pseudoindirubin"

  
  

Quercetin 3-O-glucuronide

Flavonol (yellow part)

Unknown (Same as for yellow-2)

  

(Other 3-O-flavonol glycosides)

  
 

Yellow-2 (cf. Figure 3A)

Quercetin 3-O-glucuronide

Flavonol

Unknown

  

(Other 3-O-flavonol glycosides)

  
 

White

None

Undyed

None