Lycopene content of tomatoes and tomato products and their contribution to dietary lycopene

Food Research International

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 737-741

  Rao, A V ^a   Waseem, Zeeshan ^a   Agarwal, Sanjiv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Dietary intake; Lycopene; Processing; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYCOPENE; PLANT PRODUCT; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPECTROMETRY; TOMATO;

EID: 0032469634     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-9969(99)00053-8     Document Type: Article

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