Carotenoid composition of new cultivar of Capsicum annuum during maturation and its high capsanthin content

Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 324-326

  Suzuki, Keiko ^a   Mori, Mayumi ^a  

^a SAGAMI WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 0141428912     PISSN: 1341027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/nskkk.50.324     Document Type: Article

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