Lycopene in Autumn-Olive Berries

Plant Physiology Independent Research Project 

Central Michigan University Spring 2004

John Burnett, Wendy Decaluwe, Lisa McArthur, Josh Mausolf,

Leslie Minda, Kurt Wirgau, Evan Wright

Introduction Protocol Results Discussion Literature Cited

We conducted an experiment to see if the local autumn berries do in fact contain high amounts of lycopene.  This was done by comparing autumn berries to other fruits known for their lycopene content.

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