Acceleration effect of sulfides on photodegradation of carotenoids by UVA irradiation

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1786-1789

  Arita, Shin ^a   Ando, Suguru ^a   Hosoda, Hiroshi ^b   Sakaue, Kazushi ^c   Nagata, Tadahiro ^b   Murata, Yoshiyuki ^a   Shimoishi, Yasuaki ^a   Tada, Mikiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c SAN EI GEN F F I INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

carotene; Carotenoid; Photodegradation; Sulfide; UVA

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SULFUR;

Β-CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; SULFIDES; UVA;

PROTEINS;

CAROTENOID; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CAROTENOIDS; PHOTOLYSIS; SULFIDES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 25844446506     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.1786     Document Type: Article

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