Determination of benzidine in the food colours tartrazine and sunset yellow FCF, by reduction and derivatization followed by high-performance liquid chromatography

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 381-390

  Lancaster, Frank E ^a   Lawrence, James F ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzidine; HPLC; Reduction; Sunset yellow FCF; Tartrazine; Total non sulphonated aromatic amines

Indexed keywords

ACID; ANILINE; BENZIDINE; CHLOROFORM; FOOD ADDITIVE; SODIUM DITHIONITE; SUNSET YELLOW; TARTRAZINE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; AZO COMPOUNDS; BENZIDINES; CARCINOGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TARTRAZINE;

EID: 0032817709     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026520399283867     Document Type: Article

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