Chemical stability and colorant properties of betaxanthin pigments from Celosia argentea

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4429-4435

  Cai, Yizhong ^a   Sun, Mei ^a   Schliemann, Willibald ^b   Corke, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Betalains; Betaxanthins; Celosia; Colorant properties; Stability; Yellow pigments

Indexed keywords

BETAXANTHIN; MEDICINAL PLANT; PIGMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLOR; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STABILITY; FOOD FREEZING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PH; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN STABILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLOR; DRUG STABILITY; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 0034822030     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0104735     Document Type: Article

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