Metabolomics of carotenoids: The challenges and prospects - A review

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 105-117

  Arathi, Bangalore Prabhashankar ^a   Sowmya, Poorigali Raghavendra Rao ^a   Vijay, Kariyappa ^a   Baskaran, Vallikannan ^b   Lakshminarayana, Rangaswamy ^a  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOMOLECULES; DISEASES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ANALYTICAL PROTOCOLS; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; EQUIPMENT PARAMETERS; FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS; HYPHENATED TECHNIQUES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCIES;

PIGMENTS;

EID: 84955443207     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2015.06.003     Document Type: Review

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