Volume : IV, Issue : VI, June - 2014

SOURCE OF LECTIN AND b–CAROTENE IN VEGETABLES AND FRUITS

Srinivas Naik K. , Sandeepkumar. K. , K. P. Kolkar

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The petroleum ether extracts of 40 green yellow vegetables and their parts such as root, tuber, rhizome leaf, flower, fruit, seed and some cereals and millets containing ?–carotene and lectins ?–carotene is a natural pigment abundant in vegetables and fruits, where as lectin is a carbohydrate binding proteins or glycoproteins of non immune origin. The presence of lectin and ?–carotene in the selected species of fruits and vegetables are detected and Identified.

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Srinivas Naik K., Sandeepkumar.K., K.P. Kolkar Source of Lectin and ?-Carotene in Vegetables and Fruits Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.IV, Issue.VI June 2014

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