Ripening-Dependent Changes in Antioxidants, Color Attributes, and Antioxidant Activity of Seven Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Cultivars

Table 1

Parameters for the HPLC determinations of carotenoids, flavonoids, and ascorbic acid.

Phytochemicals	LOD (µg/mL)	LOQ (µg/mL)	Linearity range (µg/mL)	Linearity curve
Lutein	0.025	0.083	0–10		0.9993
Lycopene	0.120	0.400	0–50		0.9997
β-Carotene	0.111	0.370	0–10		0.9994
Rutin	0.088	0.294	0–10		0.9991
Quercetin	0.085	0.283	0–10		0.9989
Myricetin	0.129	0.429	0–10		0.9975
Luteolin	0.225	0.750	0–10		0.9965
Naringenin	0.249	0.829	0–10		0.9998
Apigenin	0.296	0.987	0–10		0.9994
Kaempferol	0.409	1.364	0–10		0.9921
Ascorbic acid	0.246	0.820	0–50		0.9995

LOD: level of detection, LOQ: level of quantification.