Lycopene content, antioxidant capacity and colour attributes of selected watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansfeld) cultivars grown in India

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 996-1000

  Nagal, Shweta ^a   Kaur, Charanjit ^a   Choudhary, Harshawardhan ^a   Singh, Jashbir ^a   Bhushan Singh, Braj ^a   Singh, K N ^b  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ICAR INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Colour index; CUPRAC; FRAP; Lycopene; Phenolics; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; LYCOPENE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITRULLUS; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; CITRULLUS; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; INDIA; PHENOLS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; PIGMENTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 84868655548     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: 14653478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09637486.2012.694848     Document Type: Article

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