In a 1987 Nature paper, a team led by plant geneticist Peter Meyer, then with the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, showed that inserting a maize gene into a petunia enabled it to produce the pigment pelargonidin and take on a salmon color. (sciencemag.org)
Like amla berries, the acerola cherry is rich in numerous other antioxidants such as cyanidin -3-α-O-rhamnoside, pelargonidin -3-α-O-rhamnoside, quercetin -3-α-O-rhamnoside, kaempferol glycosides, astilbin, and proanthocyanidins (study). (supernaturalacnetreatment.com)
Strawberries, meanwhile, are a much richer source of an antioxidant called pelargonidin 3 - O - glucoside, with 47.14 mg next to raspberry's 1.65 mg... (supernaturalacnetreatment.com)