Changes in β - Carotene content and β - Carotene isomer composition in sweet potato during storage

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1044-1046

  Watanabe, Keiichi ^a   Toki, Tomohisa ^a   Ino, Makoto ^b   Hirota, Saishi ^a   Takahashi, Bunjiro ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Chiba ken Agric Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cis trans carotene isomers; Storage; Sweet potato

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERISM; SWEET POTATO;

IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0032872520     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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