A simple and rapid chromatographic method to determine unauthorized basic colorants (rhodamine B, auramine O, and pararosaniline) in processed foods

Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 547-556

  Tatebe, Chiye ^a   Zhong, Xining ^a   Ohtsuki, Takashi ^a   Kubota, Hiroki ^a   Sato, Kyoko ^a   Akiyama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auramine O; HPLC; pararosaniline; rhodamine B

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983494856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.127     Document Type: Article

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