01903naa a2200289 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400280006010000260008824500860011426000090020052011110020965000130132065000130133365000140134665000200136065000150138065300180139565300150141365300180142870000260144670000210147270000170149370000160151070000230152677300640154920906762018-04-18       2015    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.3303/CET15440422DOI1 aCARVALHO, L. M. J. DE  aVariability of total carotenoids in C. Moschata genotypes.h[electronic resource]  c2015  aNowadays, the vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is still a public health concern, being one of the most important components of the high rate of morbidity and mortality among children in developing countries. There is a high prevalence of night blindness caused by deficiency of vitamin A. Children and pregnant women are particularly affected. Many pumpkins (C. moschata) genotypes present a great variability of carotenoid content mainly the beta-carotene. The objective of this work is to evaluate the variability of beta-carotene among pumpkins genotypes. Twenty biofortified pumpkins cultivated at Embrapa Table Coast land and Semiarid were evaluated regarding beta-carotene contents. The analyses were carried out by High rformance Liquid Chromatography. The pumkinks showed a large variability in the contents of total carotenoids varying, in fresh pumpkins from 699.06 (genotype 25) to 124.60 μg/g (genotype 26), from 106.96 (genotype 26) to 655.54 μg/g (genotype 25) in samples cooked in boiling water and 117.55 (genotype 19) and 650.54 μg/g (genotype 25) in steamed cooked, respectively.  aPumpkins  aAbóbora  aGenótipo  aSaúde Pública  aVitamina A  aBeta-caroteno  aC moschata  aCarotenóides1 aCARVALHO, J. L. V. de1 aBORGES, R. M. E.1 aKASER, I. M.1 aLIMA, V. G.1 aSOUSA, D. S. F. DE  tChemical Engineering Transactionsgv. 44, p. 247-252, 2015.