Relationship of fruit color and light exposure to lycopene content and antioxidant properties of tomato

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 913-919

  Cox, S E ^a,b   Stushnoff, C ^a   Sampson, D A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

High performance liquid chromatography; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FRUIT; PHOTOPERIOD;

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 1542653407     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P03-041     Document Type: Article

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