Optimization of extraction yield of carthamine and safflower yellow pigments from safflower (Carthamus tinctorious L.) under different treatments and solvent systems
Background and objectives: Safflower (Carthamus tinctorious L.) florets contain valuable red and yellow pigments and are used in food, textile dying, and pharmaceutical industries. Red carthamine pigment is formed from a yellow precursor, precarthamine, through an oxidation reaction at the end of fl...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Iranian Society of Pharmacognosy
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Research Journal of Pharmacognosy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.rjpharmacognosy.ir/pdf_7574_00bc294a8c604db82b416c2a66038697.html |