Effect of season and storage period time on accumulation of individual carotenoid content in pumpkin flesh (Cucurbita moschata)
Carotenoids are antioxidants with pharmaceutical potential. The major carotenoids important to humans are α-carotene, β-carotene, lycopene, lutein, zeaxanthin, and β-cryptoxanthin. Some of the biological functions and actions of these individual carotenoids are quite similar to each other, whereas o...
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| Language: | English |
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Japan Oil Chemists' Society
2014
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/48707/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48707/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48707/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48707/1/JOS_2014-_pumpkin.pdf |