Volatile components of a commercial sample of the blue-green algae spirulina platensis

Journal of Essential Oil Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 114-117

  Aguero, Juan ^a   Lora, Janet ^a   Estrada, Ketty ^a   Concepcion, Francisco ^a   Nunez, Alberto ^a   Rodriguez, Amaury ^a   Pino, J A ^b  

^a Centro de Quimica Farmaceutica   (Cuba)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones para la Industria Alimenticia   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Algae; Extract volatiles; Headspace volatiles; Spirulina platensis; Volatile concentrate

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; DISTILLATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

VOLATILE COMPONENTS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 0142165676     PISSN: 10412905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2003.9712085     Document Type: Article

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