Detection of Lycopene in Pink Orange Fruit
- 12 May 1961
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 133 (3463), 1478
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.133.3463.1478.a
Abstract
Lycopene is shown to be the pink coloring pigment in Sarah—a pink sport of the Shamouti (Jaffa) orange— together with other unidentified carotenoids. This is a condition similar to that found in pink and red grapefruits, while the red pigments of blood oranges are anthocyanins.Keywords
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