Characterization of chromoplasts and carotenoids of red- and yellow-fleshed papaya (Carica papaya L.)

Planta

Volumn 234, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1031-1044

  Schweiggert, Ralf M ^a   Steingass, Christof B ^a   Heller, Annerose ^a   Esquivel, Patricia ^b   Carle, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Chromoplast; Lycopene; Plastid development; Solubility; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; LIPID; LYCOPENE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARICA; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PLASTID; SOLUBILITY; TOMATO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARICA; CAROTENOIDS; FRUIT; LIPIDS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PIGMENTATION; PLASTIDS; SOLUBILITY;

CARICA PAPAYA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 80255139966     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1457-1     Document Type: Article

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