Carotenoids in yellow‐ and red‐fleshed papaya (Carica papaya L)

By U. Chandrika, E. Jansz, S. N. Wickramasinghe, Narada D. Warnasuriya. 2003

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Avocado Fruit Quality Management during the Postharvest Supply Chain (2014, background): “β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, β-carotene-5–6-epoxide, lycopene and ζ-carotene are present in red-fleshed papaya fruit, whereas the yellow-fleshed papaya contains β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin and ζ-carotene ( 31 , 32 ).”
Ascorbic acid, vitamin A, and mineral composition of banana (Musa sp.) and papaya (Carica papaya) cultivars grown in Hawaii (2006, background): “Lycopene, the major pigment in red-fleshed papaya cultivars (Chandrika et al., 2003; Yamamoto, 1964), has important health implications as a potent antioxidant.”
Chemical composition of leaves, fruit pulp and seeds in some Carica papaya (L) morphotypes. (2012, background): “…contains five beta carotene: beta-crytoxanthin, beta carotene -5- 6- epoxide, lycopene and zetacarotene while the yellow fleshed contains only beta carotene, beta-cryptoxantain and zeta- Nwofia et al. http://www.openaccessscience.comijmap@openaccessscience.com carotene (Chandrika et al., 2003).”