Carotenoid content during tomato (solanum lycopersicum l.) fruit ripening in traditional and high-pigment cultivars

Italian Journal of Food Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 461-472

  Lenucci, M S ^a   Caccioppola, A ^a   Durante, M ^a   Serrone, L ^a   De Caroli, M ^a   Piro, G ^a   Dalessandro, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Freeze dried matter; Lutein; Lycopene; Ripening; Solanum lycopersicum L.; Tomato; carotene

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 77952369529     PISSN: 11201770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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