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Identification and quantification of seed carotenoids in selected wheat species.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 7 Feb 2007
Abdel-Aal El-Sayed M, Young J Christopher, Rabalski Iwona, Hucl Pierre, Fregeau-Reid Judith
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Selected primitive and modern wheat species were evaluated on the basis of their carotenoid composition and effects of the genotype and environment on lutein using spectrometry and liquid chromatography. Carotenoids in the wheat extracts were identified and confirmed on the basis of their UV/vis and mass spectra compared with those of authentic standards. The protonated molecule (M + 1)+ at m/z 569 was the...
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