Extraction, and Characterization of Carotenoids from 11 Allelopathic Plant Species as Potential Halal Food Colorants and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

• Main Authors: Othman, Rashidi, Ramya, Razanah, Azeman, muhammad Azzubair, Mohd Hassan, Norazian, Kammona, Suhair
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: SET Publisher 2020
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; RS Pharmacy and materia medica; SB Plant culture; SD Forestry; TP248.13 Biotechnology; TP934 Paints, pigments, varnishes, etc
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/78493/1/JPANSV10N1A4-Othman.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/78493/7/78493_Extraction%2C%20and%20characterization%20of%20carotenoids%20from%2011_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/78493/

Carotenoids are a class of natural product compound that are currently being used as colouring agents and widely used in food industry. Carotenoids are bioactive pigments obtained mainly from plants through dietary intake. They possess good features in terms of dietary supplement, food colourant, a...