Content of carotenoids in roots of seventeen cultivars of Daucus carota L.

Aleksandra Mech-Nowak; Adam Swiderski; Michał Kruczek; Irena Luczak; Anna Kostecka-Gugała

doi:10.18388/abp.2012_2190

Content of carotenoids in roots of seventeen cultivars of Daucus carota L.

Aleksandra Mech-Nowak Department of Biochemistry, University of Agriculture, Kraków, Poland. aleksandra.mech.nowak@gmail.com;
Adam Swiderski
Michał Kruczek
Irena Luczak
Anna Kostecka-Gugała

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2012_2190

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare the content of carotenoids in seventeen cultivars of carrots grown in Poland. Conventional orange cultivars with rarely grown were compared: white, yellow and purple with yellow core cultivars. To determine the content of carotenoids, extracts from lyophilized carrot roots were prepared and analyzed by spectrophotometric as well as HPLC methods with DAD detector. The highest content of carotenoids was found in cultivars: 'Korund F(1)' (48 mg/100g of fresh weight) and 'Salsa F(1)' (36 mg/100g of fresh weight). The antioxidant properties of selected cultivars were compared using the DPPH method.

Published

2012-03-17

Issue

Vol. 59 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Articles

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