Physicochemical characterisation and antioxidant activity of melanin from the muscles of Taihe Black-bone silky fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson)

Food Chemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1345-1350

  Tu, Yong gang ^a   Sun, Ya zhen ^a   Tian, Ying gang ^a   Xie, Ming yong ^a   Chen, Jie ^b  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Melanin; Physicochemical characterisation; Taihe Black bone silky fowl (Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson)

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249095566     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.11.015     Document Type: Article

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