Research Article

Feasibility of Individual Carotenoid Quantification in Mixtures Using UV-Vis Spectrophotometry with Multivariate Curve Resolution Alternating Least Squares (MCR-ALS)

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Spectra of (a) pure standards of β‐carotene, lutein, and lycopene (solutions 1–3 of Table 2 and (b) mixtures of standards (solutions 4–13 of Table 2). Calculation of %III/II as indication of spectral fine structure is presented for lycopene spectra (%III/II = III/II × 100).
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