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›› 2007, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (S1): 147-152.

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Characteristics and Research Progress of Quinone Pigments

LU Yan-min1, ZHOU Mei-cun1, ZHENG Hua2, ZHANG Hong2   

  1. 1. Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650224, China;2. Research Institute of Resources Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming 650224, China
  • Received:2007-06-20 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2007-10-20 Published:2007-10-20

Abstract: Natural pigments have a few categories of quinone structure, which commonly include rubianic acid, gromwell pigment, alkanet color, jujube pigment, lac dye, carmine, et al. In this paper, characteristics of these quinone pigments are outlined, and progress of research on extraction and purification method of these pigments in recent years are overviewed.

Key words: quinone, pigment, characteristics, extract, refining

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