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Organism name
Citrullus vulgaris                                Find images with Google
NCBI taxonomy ID
Lineage
Description Land plant: watermelon  (Primary producer of carotenoids)                              Japanese
Carotenoid Profile   [   Reconstructed carotenoid biosynthesis pathways of the Citrullus vulgaris carotenoids  |   Search similar profiled organisms   ]

 CA00043  Lycopene  (Ref.484)
 

 CA00044  Prolycopene  (Ref.180)
 

 CA00057  Phytofluene  (Ref.484)
 

 CA00051  ζ-Carotene  (Ref.484)
 

 CA00191  γ-Carotene  (Ref.484)
 

 CA00309  β-Carotene  (Ref.484)
 

 CA00414  Neoxanthin  (Ref.484)
 

 CA00790  Apo-6'-lycopenal  (Ref.694)
 

 CA00789  Apo-8'-lycopenal  (Ref.694)
 

 CA01148  Apo-10'-lycopenal  (Ref.694)
 

 CA01219  Apo-12'-lycopenal  (Ref.694)
 

 CA01220  Apo-14'-lycopenal  (Ref.694)
 

References
  • Ref.484 : Wen’en Zhao, Pin Lv, Huihui Gu, Agricultural Sciences Vol.4, No.7A, 13-20 (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/as.2013.47A003, "Studies on carotenoids in watermelon flesh"
  • Ref.180 : Liu, Cuihua; Zhang, Hongyan; Dai, Zhaoyi; Liu, Xi; Liu, Yue; Deng, Xiuxin; Chen, Feng; Xu, Juan, Food Science and Biotechnology (2012), 21(2), 531-541., "Volatile chemical and carotenoid profiles in watermelons [Citrullus vulgaris (Thunb.) Schrad (Cucurbitaceae)​] with different flesh colors"
  • Ref.694 : R. E. Kopec et al., J Agric Food Chem. 2010 March 24; 58(6), pp. 3290–3296, "Identification and Quantification of Apo-lycopenals in Fruits, Vegetables, and Human Plasma", doi:10.1021/jf100415z.

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