Surveillance of the quality of turmeric powders from city markets of India on the basis of curcumin content and the presence of extraneous colours

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1227-1231

  Dixit, S ^a   Purshottam, S K ^a   Khanna, S K ^a   Das, M ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Chromatography; Colours; Ingredients; Market basket survey

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; TURMERIC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCUMA LONGA; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COLOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CURCUMA; CURCUMA LONGA;

EID: 70849091824     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030903016586     Document Type: Article

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