The lycopene content in pulp and peel of five fresh tomato cultivars

Acta Alimentaria

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 90-98

  Markovic K ^a   Krbavcic I ^a   Krpan, M ^a   Bicanic, D ^a,b   Vahcic N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HPLC; Lycopene; Spectrophotometry; Tomato peel

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 77950255098     PISSN: 01393006     EISSN: 15882535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAlim.39.2010.1.9     Document Type: Article

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