A Study on β-Carotene Content of Some Green Leafy Vegetables of Western India by High Performance Liquid Chromatography

Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 365-367

  Nambiar, Vanisha S ^a   Seshadri, Subadra ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

carotene; Green leafy vegetables; High performance liquid chromatography; Moisture; Peak area; Pro vitamin A; Retention time; Reversed phase; Total carotenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000265468     PISSN: 00221155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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