Egg yolk color as affected by saponification of different natural pigmenting sources

Journal of Applied Poultry Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 328-334

  Galobart, J ^a   Sala, R ^a   Rincon Carruyo X ^a   Manzanilla, E G ^a   Vila B ^b   Gasa, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b R and D Department   (Spain)

Author keywords

Egg yolk pigmentation; Natural pigments; Reflectance colorimetry; Saponification

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142737320     PISSN: 10566171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/japr/13.2.328     Document Type: Article

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