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Biosynthesis of Carotenoids in the Tomato Fruit by Leoncio C. Raymundo; Albert E. Griffiths; Kenneth L. Simpson is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.

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The effect of dimethyl suifoxide (DMSO) on the biosynthesis of carotenoids in detached fruits of the "lutescent" tomato harvested at different stages of maturity was studied. DMSO inhibited the synthesis of both the acyclic and cyclic carotenoids in fruits treated prior to the lutescent stage. When more mature fruits were used the B-carotene content was not affected by DMSO while the levels of all other carotenoids examined significantly decreased. The pigment distribution in the fruit of the high-beta tomato genetic line was also studied. The high-beta fruit contained more p-xeacaro tene and y-carotene than the fruit of the normal red tomato"Summer Sunrise" of comparableripeness. Treatment with DMSO inhibited the synthesis of both the acyclic and cyclic carotenoids in the high-beta tomato fruit.

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Author

Leoncio C. Raymundo; Albert E. Griffiths; Kenneth L. Simpson

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0031-9422)

Published

1970

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)