A Rapid and Simple Gas Chromatographic Method for Direct Determination of Safrole in Soft Drinks

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-32

  Choong, Youk Meng ^a   Lin, Hsiu Jung ^a  

^a Ta Jen Institute of Technology   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Direct injection; Gas chromatography; Isosafrole; Quantitative analyses; Safrole; Soft drink

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345733191     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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