Carotenoid pigment changes in ripening Momordica charantia fruits

Annals of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1976, Pages 615-624

  Rodriguez, Delia B ^a   Raymundo, L C ^b   Lee, Tung Ching ^a   Simpson, K L ^a   Chichester, C O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

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EID: 49549127874     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a085171     Document Type: Article

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