Nature's palette: The search for natural blue colorants

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 6498-6511

  Newsome, Andrew G ^a   Culver, Catherine A ^b   Van Breemen, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PEPSICO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

anthocyanin; anthraquinone; bis indole; blue pigment; Brilliant blue FCF; FD C blue no. 1; food color; food dye; gardenia blue; genipin; indigo carmine; natural colorant; phenazine; phycocyanin; phycocyanobilin; portisin; spirulina; tetrapyrrole

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANINS; BEVERAGES; KETONES; METABOLITES; DYES;

ANTHRAQUINONE; BIS-INDOLE; BLUE PIGMENT; BRILLIANT BLUE FCF; FOOD COLORS; FOOD DYE; GARDENIA BLUE; GENIPIN; INDIGO CARMINE; NATURAL COLORANTS; PHENAZINE; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANOBILIN; PORTISIN; SPIRULINA; TETRAPYRROLES; BIS-INDOLES;

DYES; COLOR;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; GARDENIA; SPIRULINA;

ALKALOID; FLAVONOID; FOOD DYE; PIGMENT; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; FUNGUS; LIGHT; PLANT; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; COLOR; FLAVONOIDS; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; FUNGI; LIGHT; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; QUINONES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904440367     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf501419q     Document Type: Review

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