Total carotenoid content, α-carotene and β-carotene, of landrace pumpkins (Cucurbita moschata Duch): A preliminary study

Food Research International

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 337-340

  de Carvalho, Lucia Maria Jaeger ^a   Gomes, Patrícia Barros ^a   Godoy, Ronoel Luiz de Oliveira ^b   Pacheco, Sidney ^b   do Monte, Pedro Henrique Fernandes ^a   de Carvalho, José Luiz Viana ^b   Nutti, Marília Regini ^b   Neves, Ana Cristina Lima ^a   Vieira, Ana Carolina Rodrigues Alves ^a   Ramos, Semíramis Rabelo Ramalho ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AGROINDÚSTRIA DE ALIMENTOS   (Brazil)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

carotene; carotene; C. moschata; Landraces; Total carotenoid; Z isomers

Indexed keywords

C. MOSCHATA; CAROTENE ISOMERS; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; LANDRACES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PLANT BREEDING; SEED PRODUCTION; TOTAL CAROTENOIDS; Z-ISOMERS;

AGRICULTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERS;

PIGMENTS;

CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA;

EID: 84861730843     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2011.07.040     Document Type: Article

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