Approaches to improving the bioavailability and level of iron in rice seeds

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 828-834

  Lucca, Paola ^a   Hurrell, Richard ^a   Potrykus, Ingo ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Genetic engineering; Iron; Rice

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIOAVAILABILITY; ENDOSPERM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERRITIN; GENE INSERTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN INTESTINE; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL QUALITY; PHYTASE; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IRON; MALNUTRITION; RICE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0034947473     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.886     Document Type: Conference Paper

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