Carotenoid content in different locality of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) in Malaysia

Pumpkin is believed to have health benefits due to its carotenoid content. Carotenoids are bioactive compounds with pharmaceutical potential. Carotenoids compound such as α-carotene and β-carotene react as provitamin A in human body, while lutein and zeaxanthin are two major components of the macula...

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Main Authors:	Shahidan, Norshazila, Jaswir, Irwandi, Othman, Rashidi, Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun
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Subjects:	RS Pharmacy and materia medica TP Chemical technology TP248.13 Biotechnology
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spelling	iium-379702017-09-19T08:56:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/37970/ Carotenoid content in different locality of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) in Malaysia Shahidan, Norshazila Jaswir, Irwandi Othman, Rashidi Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun RS Pharmacy and materia medica TP Chemical technology TP248.13 Biotechnology Pumpkin is believed to have health benefits due to its carotenoid content. Carotenoids are bioactive compounds with pharmaceutical potential. Carotenoids compound such as α-carotene and β-carotene react as provitamin A in human body, while lutein and zeaxanthin are two major components of the macular pigment of the retina. There are many extensive research has been done to study the benefit of these compounds to improve the nutritional value either for human consumption or commercialization purposes. The aim of this study is to identify the carotenoid content in pumpkin from five different localities in Malaysia. Carotenoid content in fruits and vegetables varies due to certain factors such as variety, level of maturity, climate or geographic site of production, part of the plant utilized, environment conditions during agricultural production, post-harvest handling, processing, and storage conditions. Based on these factors, measures could be taken to identify the individual carotenoid concentrations. In this study, pumpkins from Kelantan, Terengganu, Perak, Kedah and Melaka were analyzed. HPLC analysis was conducted to analyse the individual carotenoid in pumpkin. The individual carotenoids detected were α-carotene; which ranged from 1.26 mg/100g to 10.20 mg/100g, β-carotene; 29.16 mg/100g to 154.76 mg/100g and small amount of lutein were detected ranged from 0.22 mg/100g to 0.46 mg/100g. However lutein compound was not detected in pumpkin from Perak. The retinol equivalent was also calculated. Academic Sciences 2014-04-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37970/1/IJPPS2.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/37970/4/37970_Carotenoid%20content%20in%20different%20locality_SCOPUS.pdf Shahidan, Norshazila and Jaswir, Irwandi and Othman, Rashidi and Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun (2014) Carotenoid content in different locality of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) in Malaysia. International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 6 (Supp 3). pp. 29-32. ISSN 0975-1491 http://www.ijppsjournal.com/Vol6Suppl3/7.pdf
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spellingShingle	RS Pharmacy and materia medica TP Chemical technology TP248.13 Biotechnology Shahidan, Norshazila Jaswir, Irwandi Othman, Rashidi Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun Carotenoid content in different locality of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) in Malaysia
description	Pumpkin is believed to have health benefits due to its carotenoid content. Carotenoids are bioactive compounds with pharmaceutical potential. Carotenoids compound such as α-carotene and β-carotene react as provitamin A in human body, while lutein and zeaxanthin are two major components of the macular pigment of the retina. There are many extensive research has been done to study the benefit of these compounds to improve the nutritional value either for human consumption or commercialization purposes. The aim of this study is to identify the carotenoid content in pumpkin from five different localities in Malaysia. Carotenoid content in fruits and vegetables varies due to certain factors such as variety, level of maturity, climate or geographic site of production, part of the plant utilized, environment conditions during agricultural production, post-harvest handling, processing, and storage conditions. Based on these factors, measures could be taken to identify the individual carotenoid concentrations. In this study, pumpkins from Kelantan, Terengganu, Perak, Kedah and Melaka were analyzed. HPLC analysis was conducted to analyse the individual carotenoid in pumpkin. The individual carotenoids detected were α-carotene; which ranged from 1.26 mg/100g to 10.20 mg/100g, β-carotene; 29.16 mg/100g to 154.76 mg/100g and small amount of lutein were detected ranged from 0.22 mg/100g to 0.46 mg/100g. However lutein compound was not detected in pumpkin from Perak. The retinol equivalent was also calculated.
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author	Shahidan, Norshazila Jaswir, Irwandi Othman, Rashidi Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun
author_facet	Shahidan, Norshazila Jaswir, Irwandi Othman, Rashidi Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun
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title	Carotenoid content in different locality of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) in Malaysia
title_short	Carotenoid content in different locality of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) in Malaysia
title_full	Carotenoid content in different locality of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Carotenoid content in different locality of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Carotenoid content in different locality of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) in Malaysia
title_sort	carotenoid content in different locality of pumpkin (cucurbita moschata) in malaysia
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publishDate	2014
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Carotenoid content in different locality of pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) in Malaysia

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