Characterisation of secondary metabolites in saffron from central Italy (Cascia, Umbria)

Food Chemistry

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 446-451

  Cossignani, Lina ^a   Urbani, Eleonora ^a   Simonetti, Maria Stella ^a   Maurizi, Angela ^a   Chiesi, Claudia ^a   Blasi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

HPLC DAD MS; HRGC FID; Saffron; Secondary metabolites; UV Vis spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FOOD ADDITIVES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

HPLC-DAD-MS; HRGC-FID; SAFFRON; SECONDARY METABOLITES; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

METABOLITES;

CAROTENOID; CROCIN; PICROCROCIN; SAFRANAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ITALY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFFRON; SPICE;

EID: 84884585943     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.08.020     Document Type: Article

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