Purification, characterisation and analysis of melanin extracted from Tuber melanosporum Vitt.

Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 69-73

  Harki, E ^a   Talou, T ^a   Dargent, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; DOPA; MELANIN; NITROGEN; PIGMENT; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DECOLORIZATION; EXTRACTION; FUNGUS; POLYMERIZATION; PURIFICATION; TIME;

EID: 0031031812     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(96)00215-4     Document Type: Article

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