Determination of free amino compounds in betalainic fruits and vegetables by gas chromatography with flame ionization and mass spectrometric detection

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4311-4318

  Kugler, Florian ^a   Graneis, Stephan ^a   Schreiter, Pat P Y ^b   Stintzing, Florian C ^a   Carle, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Stuttgart ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Amines; Amino acids; Beta vulgaris; Betaxanthins; Gas chromatography; Hylocereus; Opuntia; Selenicereus

Indexed keywords

AMINE; AMINO ACID; BETALAIN; BETAXANTHIN; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMINE; PICOLINIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BEET; CACTACEAE; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPUNTIA; VEGETABLE;

AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; BETA VULGARIS; BETALAINS; CACTACEAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DOPAMINE; FRUIT; GLUTAMINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPUNTIA; PICOLINIC ACIDS; VEGETABLES;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS CICLA; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; CACTACEAE; HYLOCEREUS POLYRHIZUS; HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS; LABRUS; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; SELENICEREUS MEGALANTHUS; STENOCEREUS STELLATUS;

EID: 33745750491     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf060245g     Document Type: Article

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