Isolation and Identification of the Aroma Components from Saffron (Crocus sativus)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 459-462

  Tarantilis, Petros A ^a   Polissiou, Moschos G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Capillary; GC MS; Saffron; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000492446     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960105e     Document Type: Article

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