Chlorophyll and Carotenoid Patterns of Middle Eastern Date (Phoenix dactylifera) Fruit at Different Maturity Stages
Christof B. Steingass, Kathrin Vollmer, Ehab M.R. Metwali, Naif M.S. Kadasa, Omar A. Almaghrabi, Ralf Schweiggert and Reinhold Carle
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Keywords: Carotenes; Xanthophylls; Chlorophylls; Dates; Vitamin A; Maturation
Edition: Volume 23 Issue 04, 2020
Pages: 845-850
1 Department of Beverage Research, Chair Analysis and Technology of Plant-based Foods, Geisenheim University, Von-LadeStrasse 1, 65366 Geisenheim, Germany
2 Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology, Chair Plant Foodstuff Technology and Analysis, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstrasse 25, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
3 Institute of Nutritional Sciences, Chair Food Biofunctionality, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstrasse 28, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
4 Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
5 Biological Science Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80257, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
For correspondence: egharib@uj.edu.sa
Received 11 October 2019; Accepted 13 December 2019; Published 13 February 2020
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