A rapid and accurate method for estimating tomato lycopene content by measuring chromaticity values of fruit purée

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 717-723

  Hyman, Joshua R ^a,b   Gaus, Jessica ^a,c   Foolad, Majid R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Colorimetry; Fruit color; HPLC; Lycopersicon esculentum; Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium; Nutritional quality; carotene

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON PIMPINELLIFOLIUM;

EID: 4444318727     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.129.5.0717     Document Type: Article

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