Betalains in red and yellow varieties of the andean tuber crop ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 7730-7737

  Svenson, Johan ^a,b   Smallfield, Bruce M ^c   Joyce, Nigel I ^c   Sansom, Catherine E ^a   Perry, Nigel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Basellaceae; Betacyanins; Betalains; Betaxanthins; Ulluco; Ullucus tuberosus

Indexed keywords

BETACYANIN; BETALAIN; BETAXANTHIN;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NEW ZEALAND; PLANT TUBER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANGIOSPERMS; BETACYANINS; BETALAINS; BETAXANTHINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; NEW ZEALAND; PLANT TUBERS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BASELLACEAE; TUBER (TRUFFLE); ULLUCUS TUBEROSUS;

EID: 52649144812     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf8012053     Document Type: Article

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