Partial Synthesis and Structural Elucidation of the Oxidative Metabolites of Lycopene Identified in Tomato Paste, Tomato Juice, and Human Serum

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4874-4884

  Khachik, Frederick ^a   Steck, Andrea ^b   Niggli, Urs A ^b   Pfander, Hanspeter ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

1,16 Didehydro 2,6 cyclolycopen 5 ol; 2,5 diepoxide; 2,6 cyclolycopene 1,5 diol; 2,6 cyclolycopene 1,5 epoxide; Carotenoid metabolites; HPLC mass spectrometry; Lycopene 1,6; Lycopene 5,6 epoxide; Lycopene oxidation products; New serum carotenoids; NMR

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0542393701     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf980322a     Document Type: Article

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