Assessment of 4-(5-)methylimidazole in soft drinks and dark beer

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 609-614

  Cunha, S C ^a   Barrado, A I ^b   Faria, M A ^a   Fernandes, J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

4 (5 )Methylimidazole; Beer; Caramel; Food analysis; Food composition; GC MS; Ion pair extraction; Soft drinks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958281483     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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