California hass avocado: Profiling of carotenoids, tocopherol, fatty acid, and fat content during maturation and from different growing areas

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 10408-10413

  Lu, Qing Yi ^a   Zhang, Yanjun ^a   Wang, Yue ^a   Wang, David ^a   Lee, Ru Po ^a   Gao, Kun ^a   Byrns, Russell ^a   Heber, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avocado; Carotenoids; Fruits; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; FAT; FATTY ACID; TOCOPHEROL;

ARTICLE; AVOCADO; CHEMISTRY; FRUIT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CAROTENOIDS; FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FRUIT; PERSEA; SEASONS; TOCOPHEROLS;

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 70449117956     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf901839h     Document Type: Article

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