Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Food and Nutrition 2 6 2014 11 24 Determination of β-carotene by High Performance Liquid Chromatography in Six Varieties of Mango (Mangifera indica L) from Western Region of Burkina Faso 95 99 EN Touridomon Issa Somé Abdoul Karim Sakira Laboratory of Toxicology, Environment and Health, Doctorate School of Health, University of Ouagadougou, Ouaga 03 Burkina Faso Eric Dofinizoumou Tamimi AJFN2014261 10.12691/ajfn-2-6-1 2014 10 17 2014 11 13 2014 11 24 Six varieties of mangoes (Amelia, Brooks, Kent, Keitt, Lippens, Springfield)harvested from different pedological areas of the western region of Burkina Faso (Bobo-Dioulasso, Orodara, Banfora) were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography in order to determine the β-carotene content. The study revealed a variability in β-carotene content between different varieties and regions. The Amelia variety is the richest in β-carotene content and is a good source of provitamin A.