Identification of Novel Glycosidic Aroma Precursors in Saffron (Crocus sativus L.)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3238-3243

  Straubinger, Markus ^a   Bau, Brigitte ^a   Eckstein, Susanne ^a   Fink, Margit ^a   Winterhalter, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aroma precursor; Carotenoid metabolites; Crocus sativus; Glycosides; Multilayer coil countercurrent chromatography; Saffron

Indexed keywords

CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0000142198     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf980119f     Document Type: Article

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