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<p><strong>Time course evaluation of provitamin A carotenoids stored under different storage regimens in maize</strong></p>

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Title Statement <p><strong>Time course evaluation of provitamin A carotenoids stored under different storage regimens in maize</strong></p>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Kaur, Harmanjot
Das, Abhijit Kumar
Sethi, Mehak
Choudhary, Mukesh
Rakshit, Sujay
Chaudhary, Dharam Paul
 
Uncontrolled Index Term β-Carotene, β-Cryptoxanthin, Micronutrient malnutrition, Storage conditions, Yellow maize, Zea mays
 
Summary, etc. <p class="Abstract" style="text-align: justify;">Yellow maize is natural source of provitamin A components. However, the provitamin A carotenoids are known to degrade fast as a result of oxidation and isomerization due to exposure to heat and oxygen during storage. Keeping this in view, here, we evaluated the provitamin A carotenoids in maize stored under different storage conditions. For this purpose, F<sub>2</sub> grains of six hybrids consisting of two provitamin A rich, two QPM and two normal maize were stored in earthen pot, aluminium box, cotton cloth and jute bag for a period of 6 months under ambient temperature and carotenoid components were estimated at monthly interval. Provitamin A components are found to reduce significantly within two to six months under various storage conditions. However, the samples stored in aluminium box exhibited least degradation of β-carotene (73%) and β-cryptoxanthin (81%), whereas those stored in earthen pot exhibited highest degradation of β-carotene (86%) and β-cryptoxanthin (90%), after six months of storage. The provitamin A rich hybrids especially APH27 retained highest concentration of provitamin A carotenoids after six months of storage. The least losses observed in the samples stored in aluminium box may be attributed to reduced oxidation and least light penetration.</p>
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB)
2021-02-01 10:54:30
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB); ##issue.vol## 59, ##issue.no## 02 (2021): IJEB [February 2021]
 
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