Structural characterization of highly glucosylated crocins and regulation of their biosynthesis during flower development in Crocus

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue NOVEMBER, 2015, Pages

  Ahrazem, Oussama ^a,b   Rubio Moraga, Angela ^a   Jimeno, Maria L ^c   Gómez Gómez, Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Recursos Humanos para la Ciencia y la Tecnología INCRECYT FEDER   (Spain)

^c CSIC Centro de Quimica Organica Lora Tamayo CENQUIOR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apocarotenoids; Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases; Carotenoids; Glucosylation; Stigmas; Tepals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947580252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00971     Document Type: Article

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