Carotenoid content of 50 watermelon cultivars

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2593-2597

  Perkins Veazie, Penelope ^a   Collins, Julie K ^a   Davis, Angela R ^a   Roberts, Warren ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Citrullus lanatus; Free radical scavenger; Lycopene

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; PHYTOFLUENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; FRUIT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATERMELON;

CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITRULLUS; COLORIMETRY; FRUIT; GENOTYPE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 33646016560     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf052066p     Document Type: Article

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