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Stsudies on Carotenoid pigments and colour of fruits in Japan : III. The Carotenoids of apricots

Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University Volume 21 Page 139-146
published_at 1970
Title
本邦産果実のカロチノイド色素と色調とに関する研究 : (第3報)杏のカロチノイドについて
Stsudies on Carotenoid pigments and colour of fruits in Japan : III. The Carotenoids of apricots
Creators Kobayashi Kunihiko
Creators Miyamoto Kazuyuki
Creators Akuta Saburo
Source Identifiers
The carotenoids have been examined in Japanese apricots, Heiwa and Niigataomi varieties, by means of magnesia column chromatography. The coloured carotenoid pattern which was shown by the average of patterns obtained with each variety was β-carotene about 70, cryptoxanthin 7, γ-carotene 7, lycopene 5,ζ-carotene 2, zeaxanthin 2, lutein 1.5 and violaxanthin 1.5 to total coloured caroteinoid 100. Alpha-carotene, mutatochrome, neurosporene, hydroxy-ζ-carotene, rubixanthin, persicaxanthin, luteoxanthin, flovoxanthin and auroxanthin as other constituents were presents a little amounts. The carotenoid pattern of canned apricot was also similar to fresh raw apricot, excepted 5,6-epoxide carotenoids converted to 5,8 epoxides in preparation and storage. It was observed that Niigataomi, as compared with Heiwa, was less β-carotene and cryptoxanthin, and more γ-carotene and lycopene in the carotenoid pattern, and the former was slightly slightly more reddish colour than the latter.
Subjects
農学 ( Other)
Languages jpn
Resource Type departmental bulletin paper
Publishers 山口大学農学部
Date Issued 1970
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[ISSN]0513-1715
[NCID]AN00244250
Schools 農学部