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AssigneeKalamazoo Holdings, Inc.
InventorsPaul H. Todd, JR., Carrie Kay Young, Anthony Vandenhombergh, Donald Berdahl, James C. Melvin, Bradley E. Weller
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The present invention is concerned with Capsicum plants producing greater than about 0.4% zeaxanthin, by weight in the dried, ripe fruit pod flesh, which plants have been developed from commercially grown Capsicum cultivars by plant breeding techniques. Zeaxanthin is the dominant carotenoid in the dried ripe fruit pod flesh, when measured in non-esterified forms. Alternatively, these plants may be characterized as exhibiting a high pigmentation measured as an ASIA value and further characterized by the predominant presence of zeaxanthin. The zeaxanthin derived from these Capsicum plants can be used in applications that include nutritional supplements, foods, functional foods, cosmetics, animal feeds, aquaculture feeds, and pharmaceuticals.
An isolated Capsicum annuum paprika plant, or regenerable portion thereof, which plant is obtained by inbreeding Capsicum annuum NM 1441, deposited at the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) under accession number PTA-10729, and selecting for a plant which produces orange ripe fruit pods, and which plant exhibits zeaxanthin in the dried ripe fruit pod flesh, wherein the mass of zeaxanthin, when measured in non-esterified form, is greater than 0.4% of the mass of total dried ripe fruit pod flesh and wherein zeaxanthin is the dominant carotenoid, when measured in non-esterified forms.
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