Quantification of lycopene in tomato products: Comparing the performances of a newly proposed direct photothermal method and high-performance liquid chromatography

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1149-1153

  Bicanic, Dane ^a   Fogliano, Vincenzo ^b   Luterotti, Svjetlana ^c   Swarts, Jan ^a   Piani, Giovanni ^d   Graziani, Giulia ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

HPLC; Lycopene; Photothermal method; Tomato products

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 18944374406     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2080     Document Type: Article

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