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Some Polyenes from Brassica rutabaga

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RECENT studies on fruit and vegetable processing have shown some natural constituents of the material to be very sensitive to treatments, particularly heat. In the course of dehydration experiments with roots of Brassica rutabaga, the pigmentation of the tissues has been examined in detail.

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JOYCE, A. Some Polyenes from Brassica rutabaga . Nature 173, 311–312 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173311b0

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