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Effects of Season and Storage Period on Accumulation of Individual Carotenoids in Pumpkin Flesh (Cucurbita moschata)

Carotenoids are antioxidants with pharmaceutical potential. The major carotenoids important to humans are alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, zeaxanthin, and beta-cryptoxanthin. Some of the biological functions and actions of these individual carotenoids are quite similar to each other,...

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Main Authors:	Irwandi, Jaswir,, Norshazila, Shahidan,, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Hashim,, Mohammad Noor, Salleh,, Rashidi, Othman,, Fitri, Octavianti,
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Published:	Japan Oil Chemists Soc 2015
Subjects:	pumpkin carotenoid postharvest storage season
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spelling	my.usim-81262017-02-23T02:41:59Z Effects of Season and Storage Period on Accumulation of Individual Carotenoids in Pumpkin Flesh (Cucurbita moschata) Irwandi, Jaswir, Norshazila, Shahidan, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Hashim, Mohammad Noor, Salleh, Irwandi, Jaswir, Rashidi, Othman, Norshazila, Shahidan, Fitri, Octavianti, pumpkin carotenoid postharvest storage season Carotenoids are antioxidants with pharmaceutical potential. The major carotenoids important to humans are alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, zeaxanthin, and beta-cryptoxanthin. Some of the biological functions and actions of these individual carotenoids are quite similar to each other, whereas others are specific. Besides genotype and location, other environmental effects such as temperature, light, mineral uptake, and pH have been found affect carotenoid development in plant tissues and organs. Therefore, this research investigated the effects of the season and storage periods during postharvest handling on the accumulation of carotenoid in pumpkin. This study shows that long-term storage of pumpkins resulted in the accumulation of lutein and beta-carotene with a slight decrease in zeaxanthin. The amounts of beta-carotene ranged from 174.583 +/- 2.105 mg/100g to 692.871 +/- 22.019 mg/100g, lutein from 19.841 +/- 9.693 mg/100g to 59.481 +/- 1.645 mg/100g, and zeaxanthin from not detected to 2.709 +/- 0.118 mg/100g. The pumpkins were collected three times in a year; they differed in that zeaxanthin was present only in the first season, while the amounts of beta-carotene and lutein were the highest in the second and third seasons, respectively. By identifying the key factors among the postharvest handling conditions that control specific carotenoid accumulations, a greater understanding of how to enhance the nutritional values of pumpkin and other crops will be gained. Postharvest storage conditions can markedly enhance and influence the levels of zeaxanthin, lutein, and beta-carotene in pumpkin. This study describes how the magnitudes of these effects depend on the storage period and season. 2015-05-18T05:08:38Z 2015-05-18T05:08:38Z 2014-01-01 Article 1345-8957 1347-3352 en Japan Oil Chemists Soc
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spellingShingle	pumpkin carotenoid postharvest storage season Irwandi, Jaswir, Norshazila, Shahidan, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Hashim, Mohammad Noor, Salleh, Irwandi, Jaswir, Rashidi, Othman, Norshazila, Shahidan, Fitri, Octavianti, Effects of Season and Storage Period on Accumulation of Individual Carotenoids in Pumpkin Flesh (Cucurbita moschata)
description	Carotenoids are antioxidants with pharmaceutical potential. The major carotenoids important to humans are alpha-carotene, beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, zeaxanthin, and beta-cryptoxanthin. Some of the biological functions and actions of these individual carotenoids are quite similar to each other, whereas others are specific. Besides genotype and location, other environmental effects such as temperature, light, mineral uptake, and pH have been found affect carotenoid development in plant tissues and organs. Therefore, this research investigated the effects of the season and storage periods during postharvest handling on the accumulation of carotenoid in pumpkin. This study shows that long-term storage of pumpkins resulted in the accumulation of lutein and beta-carotene with a slight decrease in zeaxanthin. The amounts of beta-carotene ranged from 174.583 +/- 2.105 mg/100g to 692.871 +/- 22.019 mg/100g, lutein from 19.841 +/- 9.693 mg/100g to 59.481 +/- 1.645 mg/100g, and zeaxanthin from not detected to 2.709 +/- 0.118 mg/100g. The pumpkins were collected three times in a year; they differed in that zeaxanthin was present only in the first season, while the amounts of beta-carotene and lutein were the highest in the second and third seasons, respectively. By identifying the key factors among the postharvest handling conditions that control specific carotenoid accumulations, a greater understanding of how to enhance the nutritional values of pumpkin and other crops will be gained. Postharvest storage conditions can markedly enhance and influence the levels of zeaxanthin, lutein, and beta-carotene in pumpkin. This study describes how the magnitudes of these effects depend on the storage period and season.
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author	Irwandi, Jaswir, Norshazila, Shahidan, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Hashim, Mohammad Noor, Salleh, Irwandi, Jaswir, Rashidi, Othman, Norshazila, Shahidan, Fitri, Octavianti,
author_facet	Irwandi, Jaswir, Norshazila, Shahidan, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Hashim, Mohammad Noor, Salleh, Irwandi, Jaswir, Rashidi, Othman, Norshazila, Shahidan, Fitri, Octavianti,
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title	Effects of Season and Storage Period on Accumulation of Individual Carotenoids in Pumpkin Flesh (Cucurbita moschata)
title_short	Effects of Season and Storage Period on Accumulation of Individual Carotenoids in Pumpkin Flesh (Cucurbita moschata)
title_full	Effects of Season and Storage Period on Accumulation of Individual Carotenoids in Pumpkin Flesh (Cucurbita moschata)
title_fullStr	Effects of Season and Storage Period on Accumulation of Individual Carotenoids in Pumpkin Flesh (Cucurbita moschata)
title_full_unstemmed	Effects of Season and Storage Period on Accumulation of Individual Carotenoids in Pumpkin Flesh (Cucurbita moschata)
title_sort	effects of season and storage period on accumulation of individual carotenoids in pumpkin flesh (cucurbita moschata)
publisher	Japan Oil Chemists Soc
publishDate	2015
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Effects of Season and Storage Period on Accumulation of Individual Carotenoids in Pumpkin Flesh (Cucurbita moschata)

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