Occurrence and biosynthesis of carotenoids in phytoplankton

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 597-618

  Huang, Jim Junhui ^a,b,c   Lin, Shaoling ^d   Xu, Wenwen ^e,f,g   Cheung, Peter Chi Keung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Bioengineering Medicine   (China)

^g National Engineering Research Center of Genetic Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; De novo biosynthesis; Occurrences; Physiological role; Phytoplankton; Synthases

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES; CAROTENOIDS; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; OCCURRENCES; PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLES; SYNTHASES;

PIGMENTS;

ALGA; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAROTENOID; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON;

AVES; CRUSTACEA;

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; PHYTOPLANKTON;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; HUMANS; MICROALGAE; PHYTOPLANKTON;

EID: 85019578956     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2017.05.001     Document Type: Review

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