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

Table 1

Carotenoid absorption data from literature [3, 25].

	Molecular weight	ɛ (mM^−1. cm^−1)	λ max (nm)	Solvent	III/II (%)
β-carotene	537	139	450	Hexane	25
Lutein	569	145	445	Hexane	60
Lycopene	537	185	470	Hexane	65