Rubia tinctorum a source of natural dyes: Agronomic evaluation, quantitative analysis of alizarin and industrial assays

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 303-311

  Angelini, Luciana G ^a   Pistelli, Luisa ^b   Belloni, Paola ^a   Bertoli, Alessandra ^b   Panconesi, Stefano ^c  

^a Dipartimento di Agronomia e Gestione dell'Agroecosistema   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Chimica Bioorganica e Biofarmacia   (Italy)

^c Pai Company   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agronomic evaluation; Dyes; HPLC analysis; Industrial assays; Rubia tinctorum

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; RUBIA TINCTORIUM; RUBIA TINCTORUM;

EID: 0030745968     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(97)00021-6     Document Type: Article

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