Comparison of different extraction procedures and HPLC methods to detect crocins in saffron

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 650, Issue , 2004, Pages 303-306

  Carmona, Manuel ^a   Zalacaín, Amaya ^a   Llanos Rodriguez M ^a   Rosario Salinas, M ^a   Alonso, Gonzalo L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crocetin esters; Methanol; Re esterification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244483464     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.650.36     Document Type: Conference Paper

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