Provitamin A biofortification of crop plants: a gold rush with many miners

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2017, Pages 169-180

  Giuliano, Giovanni ^a  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; PIGMENTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BIOAVAILABILITY STUDY; CONVENTIONAL BREEDING; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PIGMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES; SIGNALING MOLECULES; STATE OF THE ART; TRANSGENIC APPROACHES; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCIES;

CROPS;

ALPHA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; PROVITAMIN; RETINOL;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOEQUIVALENCE; BIOFORTIFICATION; CROP MANAGEMENT; CYTOSOL; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING; REVIEW; TRANSGENICS; VERTEBRATE; VITAMIN METABOLISM; CROP; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BIOFORTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HUMANS; PROVITAMINS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 85014047715     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2017.02.001     Document Type: Review

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