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

Table 2

Relative composition of carotenoids in standard solution mixtures.

	Standard solution	β-carotene (%)	Lutein (%)	Lycopene (%)
Pure standards	1	100	0	0
	2	0	100	0
	3	0	0	100
Mixed standards	4	0	57	43
	5	27	73	0
	6	32	0	68
	7	17	47	36
	8	9	51	39
	9	22	31	47
	10	21	57	22
	11	4	54	41
	12	27	16	57
	13	24	65	11