Isolation and Identification of New Apocarotenoids from Annatto (Bixa orellana) Seeds

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1050-1054

  Mercadante, A Z ^a,b   Steck, A ^a   Pfander, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Universidade Católica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Annatto; Apocarotenoids; Bixa orellana; Structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

BIXA ORELLANA;

EID: 0001805603     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960412k     Document Type: Article

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