Rapid method for total carotenoid detection in canary yellow-fleshed watermelon

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Davis, A R ^a   Collins, J ^b   Fish, W W ^a   Tadmor, Y ^c   Webber III, C L ^a   Perkins Veazie, P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Eastern Oklahoma State College   (United States)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carotenoid; Citrullus lanatus; Quantification; Rapid assay; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATERMELON;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITRULLUS; COLORIMETRY; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 34250899123     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2007.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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