Jacob John ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Pattambi - 679306, Kerala, IN

Abstract

In the underdeveloped tropics and subtropics the poor accessibility to synthetic vitamin A preparations by the common man is compensated by the abundant availability of certain fruits that contain substantially large amounts of the precursors of vitamin A. Nevertheless, sufficient attempts are not being made to convey the nutritional value of these fruits and the importance of an appropriate selection of fruits that are good sources or vitamin A , particularly to the people living in rural areas.

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Jacob John ¹

Affiliations
1 Regional Agricultural Research Station, Pattambi-679306, Kerala, IN

Abstract

The increased demand for edible oil in the recent past led to the need to import a suitable edible oil. The choice was palm oil.

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B. R. Premachandra ¹, Jacob John ¹, H. R. Cama ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, IN

Abstract

Little information is available regarding the distribution of carotenoids in the flowers of Tecoma stans, a tropical tree belonging to the family Begoniaceac. Taha detected the presence of βcarotene and the dihydroxy xanthophyll, viz., zeaxanthin in the petals of this flower.

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