Evaluation of the colouring strength of saffron spice by UV-Vis spectrometry

Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 463-469

  Orfanou, Olga ^a   Tsimidou, Maria ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR; EXTRACTION; FILTRATION; SPICE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0030297535     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(96)00003-9     Document Type: Article

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