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Natural variation in folate levels among tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) accessions.
Food chemistry - 15 Feb 2017
Upadhyaya Pallawi, Tyagi Kamal, Sarma Supriya, Tamboli Vajir, Sreelakshmi Yellamaraju, Sharma Rameshwar
Abstract excerpt
Folate content was estimated in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) accessions using microbiological assay (MA) and by LC-MS. The MA revealed that in red-ripe fruits folate levels ranged from 4 to 60μg/100g fresh weight. The LC-MS estimation of red-ripe fruits detected three folate forms, 5-CH3-THF, 5-CHO-THF, 5,10-CH(+)THF and folate levels ranged from 14 to 46μg/100g fresh weight. In mature green and red ripe fruit,...
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