Occurrence of Tetrahydro-β-carboline-3-carboxylic Acids in Commercial Foodstuffs

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3057-3065

  Herraiz, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FERMENTACIONES INDUSTRIALES CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Content; Drinks; Foods; Formation; L tryptophan; Tetrahydro carboline 3 carboxylic acids; carbolines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001739560     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960043s     Document Type: Article

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