Nicotine inhibition of lycopene cyclase enhances accumulation of carotenoid intermediates by Dunaliella salina CCAP 19/18

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-220

  Fazeli, Mohammad Reza ^a   Tofighi, Hossein ^a,b   Madadkar Sobhani, Armin ^b   Shahverdi, Ahmad Reza ^a   Nejad Sattari, Taher ^c   Sako, Mirzaie ^c   Jamalifar, Hossein ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Carotenoids; Dunaliella salina; Lycopene; Lycopene cyclase; Nicotine

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAROTENOID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INHIBITION; MICROALGA;

DUNALIELLA SALINA;

EID: 74849120340     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260802578526     Document Type: Article

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