Simple saponification method for the quantitative determination of carotenoids in green vegetables

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 6598-6602

  Larsen, Erik ^a   Christensen, Lars P ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ambersep 900 OH; Carotenoids; Chlorophylls; Saponification; Solid phase extraction; Xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; DIVINYL BENZENE; ESTER; FATTY ACID; STYRENE DERIVATIVE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VEGETABLE;

CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; STYRENES; VEGETABLES; VINYL COMPOUNDS;

ALLIUM SCHOENOPRASUM; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; LACTUCA; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 24344444763     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf050622+     Document Type: Article

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