Biofortification of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) fruit with the anticancer compound methylselenocysteine using a selenocysteine methyltransferase from a selenium hyperaccumulator

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 10987-10994

  Brummell, David A ^a   Watson, Lyn M ^a   Pathirana, Ranjith ^a   Joyce, Nigel I ^a   West, Phillip J ^a   Hunter, Donald A ^a   McKenzie, Marian J ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

anticancer compounds; Methylselenocysteine; selenocysteine methyltransferase; Solanum lycopersicum; tomato; transgene expression

Indexed keywords

ANTICANCER COMPOUNDS; METHYLSELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOCYSTEINE; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM; TOMATO; TRANSGENE EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

FRUITS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYSTEINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; ORGANOSELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENIC ACID; SELENIUM; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; SELENOMETHYLSELENOCYSTEINE; SODIUM SELENITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CYSTEINE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; METHYLTRANSFERASES; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM SELENITE;

ANIMALIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 80054983531     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf202583f     Document Type: Article

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