CAHOTENOIDS 



Table 5. — Carotenoid Distribution in Fruit and Seeds 



Actinophloeus angustifolia 

 A. macarthurii 

 Aglaonema nitidum 

 A. oblongifolium 

 A. simplex 

 Ananas sativus 

 Arbutus unedo 

 Archontophoenix alexandrae 

 Areca altcae . . 

 Arum italicum 

 A. maculatum 

 A. orientate . . 

 Asparagus officinalis 

 Attalea gomphococca 

 Bryonia diotca 

 Butia capitata * 

 Calyptrocalyx spicatus 

 Capsicum annoum 

 C. frutescens . . 

 C.japonicum 

 Carica papaya 

 Celastrus scandens 

 Citrus aurantium 

 C. grandis 

 C. madurensis 

 C. poonensis 

 CitruUus vulgaris 

 Convallaria majalis 

 Cotoneaster occidentalis 

 Cucumis citrullus 

 Cucurbita maxima 

 Cuscuta subinclusa 



C. salina 

 Cycas revoluta 

 Diospyros costata 



D. kaki 



Elaeis guiruensis 

 Elaeis melanococca 

 Erythroxylon coca 



E. novogranatense 

 Euonymus europaeusi 

 E. japonicus . . 

 Gonocaryum obovatum 

 G. pyriforme . . 

 Gossypium spp. 

 Hippophae rhamnoides 

 Ins tseudacorus 

 Latnyrus sativus 

 Luff a spp. 

 Lycium barbaratum 

 L. hamimifolium 

 Lycopersicum esculentum t 

 L. kirsutum t . . 

 L. perumanum t 

 Mangifera indica 

 Momordica balsamina 

 M. charantia. . 

 Musa paradisiaca 

 Nenga polycephalus . 

 Pandanus polycephalus 

 Passiflora coerulea 

 Physalis alkekengi % 

 Pruhus armeniaca 

 P. persica 



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Reference 



14 



49 



2 



2 



2 



12 



12 



15 



6 



2, 15 



13 



2 



18, 47, 76 



50,57 



70 



46,47 



66 



32, 35, 77 



I 59, 60 



i 15,16 

 I 21 



1 67. 68 



1} 



61 

 72.73 



52 



53 



7,8 



7 



2 



30,31 



42,75,7S 



13 



y 15,16 



43,44 



12 



74 



83 



62 



15 



54 



55, 56, 7 1 



\ 26,71, 



f 79, 80 



40,41 



63,64 



64 



19 



■2 



2 



45 



57 



21 



22 



* pro-Y-carotene 



t also colourleM polyenes and prolycopene. 



t - P. franchetti. 



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