Assessment of carotenoids in pumpkins after different home cooking conditions

Food Science and Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 365-370

  de Carvalho, Lucia Maria Jaeger ^a   Smiderle, Lara de Azevedo Sarmet Moreira ^a   de Carvalho, José Luiz Viana ^b   Cardoso, Flavio de Souza Neves ^a   Koblitz, Maria Gabriela Bello ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AGROINDÚSTRIA DE ALIMENTOS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C. moschata; Carotenoids; Pro vitamin A; Pumpkin landraces; Pumpkin meals; carotene; carotene; carotene isomers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905986648     PISSN: 01012061     EISSN: 1678457X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/fst.2014.0058     Document Type: Article

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