Source of arsenic in licorice confectionery products

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1749-1752

  Carbonell Barrachina, Ángel Antonio ^a   Aracil, Pedro ^a   García, Elena ^a   Burló, Francisco ^a   Martínez Sanchez, Francisco ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glycyrrhiza glabra; Glycyrrhizic acid; Hard candy; Soft candy; Throat pearls

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; GLYCYRRHIZA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPAIN;

ARSENIC; CANDY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; LEGISLATION, FOOD; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA;

EID: 0037433490     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf026057h     Document Type: Article

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