Characterization and Quantification of Betacyanin Pigments from Diverse Amaranthus Species

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2063-2070

  Cai, Yizhong ^a   Sun, Mei ^a   Wu, Huaixiang ^a   Huang, Ronghua ^b   Corke, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Amaranthine; Amaranthus; Betacyanins; Colorants; Isoamaranthine; Pigments

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS;

EID: 0542423232     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9709966     Document Type: Article

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