Critical Factors of Vanillin Assay for Catechins and Proanthocyanidins

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 4267-4274

  Sun, Baoshan ^a,c   Ricardo da Silva, Jorge M ^b   Spranger, Isabel ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigacao Agraria e das Pescas   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c PRAXIS XXI Programme   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Catechins; Proanthocyanidins; Vanillin assay

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001419059     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf980366j     Document Type: Article

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