Isolation and Structure Elucidation of Carotenoid-Glycosyl Esters in Gardenia Fruits (Gardenia jasminoides Ellis) and Saffron (Crocus sativus Linne)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2612-2615

  Pfister, S ^a   Meyer, P ^a   Steck, A ^a   Pfander, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Crocus sativus; Gardenia jasminoides; Glycosyl esters; Isolation; Saffron; Structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

CROCUS SATIVUS; GARDENIA; GARDENIA ANGUSTA;

EID: 0001051239     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf950713e     Document Type: Article

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