Characterization of Cold-Pressed Key and Persian Lime Oils by Gas Chromatography, Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectroscopy, High-Performance Liquid Chromatography, and Physicochemical Indices

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3608-3616

  Dugo, Paola ^a   Mondello, Luigi ^a   Lamonica, Giuseppe ^a   Dugo, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citrus aurantifolia Swingle; Citrus latifolia Tanaka; Cold pressed Key lime oil; Cold pressed Persian lime oil; Coumarins; Limonene; Oxypeucedanin; Psoralens; Type A; Type B; Volatile fraction; pinene + sabinene; terpinene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000224223     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960932f     Document Type: Article

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