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Old May 26, 2014   #1
Salsacharley
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Default Tomato Colors and Antioxidants

Beyond the much known fact that red tomatoes produce Lycopene, and blue/purple/black tomatoes produce Anthocyanins, I would like to know if orange tomatoes pruduce Alpha and beta carotenes, yellow tomatoes produce Beta-cryptoxanthin, yellow-green tomatoes produce Lutein and Zeaxanthin, green tomatoes produce Sulforaphane, isothiocyanates and indoles, and do white tomatoes produce Allyl Sulfides.

I would appreciate it if anyone has a reference on this issue.

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