On Sun, 11 May 2003 04:16:43 -0700, Thomas E. Billings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>same thing -- excess carotenes. Beta carotene is not the only carotene,
>there are others as well.
>
>Tom Billings
Are you sure oranges have enough carotenes to make skin orange?
According to USDA data:
CARROTS, RAW
alpha carotene 3650 mcg/100g
beta carotene 7900 mcg/100g
cryptoxanthin 0 mcg/100g
lycopene 0 mcg/100g
lutein 138 mcg/100g
ORANGE, RAW
alpha carotene 19 mcg/100g
beta carotene 39 mcg/100g
cryptoxanthin 140 mcg/100g
lycopene 0 mcg/100g
lutein 14 mcg/100g
I don't have numbers for gamma carotene. There are supposed to be hundreds
of carotenoids, but I don't have numbers for them.
-- Jerry Story