A survey on the presence of free glutamic acid in foodstuffs, with and without added monosodium glutamate

Food Chemistry

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1712-1717

  Populin, Tiziana ^a   Moret, Sabrina ^a   Truant, Simone ^a   Conte, Lanfranco S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biogenic amines; Free amino acids; Glutamic acid; HPLC; MSG

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOGENIC AMINE; FOOD ADDITIVE; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PHTHALALDEHYDE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ARTICLE; DERIVATIZATION; DILUTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COLOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; SAMPLING; SOLID; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

EID: 34249052597     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.03.034     Document Type: Article

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