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Alpha‐carotene in leaves of the carrot plant
Author(s) -
Booth V. H.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740070602
Subject(s) - carotene , beta carotene , botany , carotenoid , biology , food science , white (mutation) , chemistry , horticulture , biochemistry , gene
About 13% of the carotene in leaves of pigmented carrots was in the α‐form. α‐Carotene was absent from the leaves of all types of ‘white’ ‐rooted carrots except second generation albinos, although the content of β‐carotene was normal. α‐Carotene was present in cotyledons of those carrots which had, or would later have, any carotene (α or β) in their roots even at a stage too early for the roots yet to be coloured.