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Table 3 Historical samples—natural dye

From: Twentieth century Iranian carpets: investigation of red dye molecules and study of traditional madder dyeing techniques

Sample code

Dye compounds: (M: major compound) (m: minor compound)

Relative ratio of peak areas of detected spectra at 255 nm

Chemical structure

B1

Alizarin (M), purpurin (m), nordamnacanthal (m)

3% luteolin-7-O-glucoside, 92% alizarin, 3% purpurin, 2% nordamnacanthal

Luteolin-7-O-glucoside (m)

B2

Alizarin (M), purpurin (m), nordamnacanthal (m)

87% alizarin, 10% purpurin, 2% nordamnacanthal

B3

Alizarin (M), purpurin (m)

91% alizarin, 9% purpurin

D2

Alizarin (M), purpurin (m)

85% alizarin, 15% purpurin

  1. Relative ratio (%) individual peak area divided by sum of peak areas multiplied by 100