Synthesis of carthamin acetate, the red pigment in safflower petals

Chemistry Letters

Volumn , Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1318-1319

  Sato, Shingo ^a   Kumazawa, Toshihiro ^a   Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^a   Takayanagi, Koji ^a   Matsuba, Shigeru ^a   Onodera, Jun Ichi ^a   Obara, Heitaro ^a   Furuhata, Kimio ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0035567692     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2001.1318     Document Type: Article

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