Norharman and harman in instant coffee and coffee substitutes

Food Chemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1238-1241

  Alves, Rita C ^a   Mendes, Eulália ^a   Oliveira, Beatriz P P ^a   Casal, Susana ^a  

^a Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade do Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

carbolines; Coffee substitutes; Coffee surrogates; Harman; Instant coffee; Norharman

Indexed keywords

BETA CARBOLINE; BETA CARBOLINE DERIVATIVE; HARMAN;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; CHICORY; COFFEE; MALT; RYE;

CICHORIUM INTYBUS; HORDEUM; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 74849114908     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.11.070     Document Type: Article

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