Analysis of pulegone and its enanthiomeric distribution in mint-flavoured food products

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-203

  Siano, F ^a   Catalfamo, M ^a   Cautela, D ^a   Servillo, L ^b   Castaldo, D ^a  

^a Stazione Sperimentale per le Industrie delle Essenze e dei Derivati dagli Agrumi   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chiral analysis; Food products; Pulegone; Simultaneous distillation extraction (SDE)

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVORING AGENT; PEPPERMINT OIL; PULEGONE; SUGAR; TOOTHPASTE;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEWING GUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; EXPERIMENTATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; LINEAR SYSTEM; LOZENGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SYRUP;

FLAVORING AGENTS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MENTHA; MENTHA PIPERITA; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS;

MENTHA;

EID: 20344391913     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030500041581     Document Type: Article

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