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THE CAROTENE AND ASCORBIC ACID CONCENTRATION OF VEGETABLE VARIETIES
Author(s) -
L. P. Pepkowitz,
R. E. Larson,
Josephine Gardner,
Geraldine Owens
Publication year - 1944
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.19.4.615
Subject(s) - ascorbic acid , carotene , vitamin c , food science , vitamin , value (mathematics) , biology , chemistry , biochemistry , mathematics , statistics
The recent interest in the differences in vitamin content among varieties of vegetables is a result of increased knowledge of human dietary requirements. The demands of the present war and the establishment of the "National Cooperative Project for the Conservation of the Nutritive Value of Foods" have given impetus to such investigations. MacLinn, Fellers, and Buck (7) have reported on the ascorbic acid content of varieties and strains of tomatoes. These authors found a varia-

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