Bioactive amines in sorghum: method optimisation and influence of line, tannin and hydric stress

Caroline Liboreiro Paiva1, Warlley Pinheiro Evangelista1, Valéria Aparecida Vieira Queiroz2

  • 1LBqA - Laboratório de Bioquímica de Alimentos, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antonio Carlos 6627, bloco 3, sala 2091, Pampulha, CEP 31210-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

Food Chemistry
|December 4, 2014
PubMed

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