Opportunities and challenges for metabolic engineering of secondary metabolite pathways for improved human health characters in fruit and vegetable crops

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 154-177

  Davies, Km ^a,b   Espley, Rv ^a  

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

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

anthocyanin; bioavailability; biofortification; flavonoid; pigment

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMARKER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; CAROTENOID; FRUIT; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HEALTH CARE; PLANT; SECONDARY METABOLITE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84882449321     PISSN: 01140671     EISSN: 11758783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01140671.2013.793730     Document Type: Review

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