Determination of glucosinolates using their alkaline degradation and reaction with ferricyanide

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 4669-4674

  Jezek, Jan ^a   Haggett, Barry G D ^a   Atkinson, Anne ^a   Rawson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline degradation; Ferricyanide; Glucotropaeolin; Rapeseed; Sinigrin; Thioglucose; Total glucosinolates

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; BRASSICA; FERRICYANIDE; GLUCOSINOLATE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POVIDONE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CANCER INHIBITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FOOD QUALITY; METABOLISM; MODEL; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; TIME; VEGETABLE;

BRASSICA; FERRICYANIDES; GLUCOSINOLATES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033231236     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9906026     Document Type: Article

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