Bixa orellana

Bixia [6983-79-5] (Cl Natural Orange 4 CI75120) (45) is found ia the seeds of the plant Bixa orellana native to India. 

Annatto is a colored pigment that is extracted from the Central and South American plant Bixa orellana. The color comes from the resinous outer covering of the seeds of the plant, which is composed of the carotenoid pigments bixin and norbixin and their esters. The central portion of those molecules is the same as that of the molecule beta-carotene, and the yellow-orange color of annatto comes from the same physical chemistry origins as the orange color of beta-carotene. 

Bixa Orellana seeds Bixin, norbixin (annatto) Food colouring... 

Mercadante, A.Z., Steck, A., and Pfander, H., Isolation and identification of new apocarotenoids from annatto (Bixa orellana L.) seeds, J. Agric. Food Chem., 45,1050, 1997. 

Bixin, norbixin annato extracts E 160b Yes, 75120 Seeds of annatto (Bixa orellana) orange-red L>... 

Najar, S. V., F. O. Bobbio, and P. A. Bobbio. 1988. Effects of light, air, anti-oxidants and pro-oxidants on annatto extracts (Bixa orellana). Food Chem. 29 283-289. 

Prentice-Hemandez, C. and O. Rusig. 1999. Effect of light on the stability of a microencapsulated extract obtained from anatto (Bixa orellana L.). Braz. J. Food Technol. 2 185-189. 

Chao, R.R., Mirlvaney, S.J., Sanson, D.R., Hsieh, F., and Tempesta, M.S. 1991. Supercritical CO2 extraction of anatto (Bixa orellana) pigments and some characteristics of the color extracts. J. Food Sci. 56 80-83. 

Bixa orellana of the American tropics is known lor the red dye made from the testa around the seed, which is used as a food coloring and as a body paint among South American Indian peoples. 

Annatto Extracts occur as dark red solutions, emulsions, or suspensions in water or oil or as dark red powders. The extract is prepared from annatto seed, Bixa orellana L. (Fam. Bixa-ceae), using a food-grade extraction solvent. Bixin is the principal pigment of oil-soluble Annatto Extracts. Norbixin is the principal pigment of alkaline water-soluble Annatto Extracts. Commercial preparations are usually mixtures of bixin, norbixin, and other carotenoids. 

Seeds of Bixa orellana Mushrooms, crustaceans, fish Oranges, green vegetables Green vegetables Milk... 

Crocetin Bixa orellana (Bixaceae), Crocus PKA (3), PKC (80) [yellow... 

Yellow to red Annatto El 06b Bixin, norbixin Bixa orellana seeds... 

Annatto is classified as El 60(b). It is extracted from the seeds of the tree Bixa orellana which grows in America, India and East Africa. The extract is a mixture of two pigments, bixin and nor-bixin. Bixin is oil soluble, whereas nor-bixin is water soluble (it is one of the two water soluble carotenes - the other is crocin), and both of the pigments are diapo-carotenoids. Annatto has long been used as a food colouring and also has some uses as a food flavouring. 

Seotter, M.J. Wilson, L.A. Appleton, G.P. Castle, L. 1998. Analysis of aimatto Bixa Orellana) food eoloring formulations. 1. Determination of eoloring components and colored thermal degradation produets by high-performance liquid chromatography with photodiode array deteetion. J. Agrie. Food Chem. 46 1031-1038. 

PROP From solvent extraction of Bixa Orellana L. seeds (JAPMA8 49,218,60). YeUow-red solutions or powder. 

SYNS ACHIOTE BIXA ORELLANA SAFETY PROFILE Moderately toxic by intraperitoneal route. Human systemic effects by skin contact. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes. 

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