Colorant Properties and Stability of Amaranthus Betacyanin Pigments

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4491-4495

  Cai, Yizhong ^a,b   Sun, Mei ^a   Corke, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Amaranthus; Betacyanins; Color stability; Food pigments; Spectral characteristics

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0001056806     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf980457g     Document Type: Article

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