It is found in aged Port wines.

It does not contain an oxonium ion component (flavylium cation), as anthocyanins do.

Oxovitisins are stable yellowish pigments with similar unique spectral features, displaying only a pronounced broad band around 370 nm in the UV−vis spectrum.

It is an oxidative derivative of carboxypyranomalvidin-3-glucoside (vitisin A).

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