Comparison of three chosen vegetables with others from South East Asia for their lutein and zeaxanthin content

Food Chemistry

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1533-1539

  Liu, Yeting ^a   Perera, Conrad O ^a   Suresh, Valiyaveettil ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chekup manis; Drumstick; Lutein; South East Asia; West Indian pea; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MORINGA OLEIFERA; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SAUROPUS ANDROGYNUS; SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEGETABLE;

MANIS; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PISUM SATIVUM; SAUROPUS ANDROGYNUS; SESBANIA GRANDIFLORA;

EID: 33947301744     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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