Structure determination of minor red pigment in carthamus red colorant isolated by preparative LC/MS

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1015-1022

  Sato, K ^a   Sugimoto, N ^a   Ohta, M ^a   Yamazaki, T ^a   Maitani, T ^a   Tanamoto, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carthamin; Carthamus red; Carthamus tinctorius; Natural food colorant; Preparative LC MS

Indexed keywords

FOOD DYE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SAFFLOWER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; CHALCONE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLOR; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; GLUCOSIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

CARTHAMUS; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS;

EID: 0347756796     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030310001615177     Document Type: Article

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