HYB: color of Lycopene

Unless I am mistaken, that orange-red stuff that is the last part of a
spaghetti sauce to get cleaned off in a ring in the kettle is Lycopene in the
raw, pure form.  Same goes for the plates or pasta bowls in tomato-containing
pasta sauces.  The stuff is resistant to water, but sure does finally come off
with strong soap.  It emulsifies then gets flushed.

Iris beard colors redder than the Lycopene residue mentioned above are
modified by the presence, I suspect, of anthocyanins.

Chuck, your extraction comments have been very helpful!  They provide good
means of distinguishing the pigments.

Neil Mogensen   z  7  western NC mountains.

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