Carotenoids: Occurrence, Properties and Determination

Encyclopedia of Food and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 663-669

  Lerfall, J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Extraction; Fruits; Human health; Light absorption; Nutrition; Oxidative stress; Pigments; Provitamin A; Reactive oxygen species; Salmonids; Stability; Synergism; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021747930     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-384947-2.00119-7     Document Type: Chapter

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