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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura.
Data corrente: | 18/02/2008
Data da última atualização: | 18/02/2008
Autoria: | COSTA, M. G. C.; MENDES, A. F. S.; CIDADE, L. C.; SOARES FILHO, W. dos S.; OTONI, W. C.; MOORE, G. A.
Afiliação: | Marcio G. C. Costa, UCSC; Amanda F. S. Mendes, UCSC; Luciana C. Cidade, UCSC; Walter dos Santos Soares-Filho, CNPMF; Wagner C. Otoni, UFV; Gloria A. Moore, UFL.
Título: | Towards metabolic engineering of carotenoid content in sweet-orange (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb.).
Ano de publicação: | 2007
Fonte/Imprenta: | In: XU, Z.; LI, J.; XUE, Y.; YANG, W. (Ed.). Biotechnology and sustainable agriculture 2006 and beyond. Heidelberg: Springer, 2007. p. 223-225.
ISBN: | 978-1-4020-6635-1
Idioma: | Inglês
Notas: | Edição do Proceedings of the 11th  IAPTC&B Congress, Beijing, ago. 2006.
Conteúdo: | Plants have a remarkable array of biosynthetic pathways, of which many synthesize products of secondary metabolism with biotechnological and health-related importance. One of these, known as carotenoid biosynthetic pathway, leads to biosynthesis of healthpromoting compounds (i.e., beta-carotene, lycopene, lutein, zeaxanthin) which reduce the onset of chronic disease states, such as cancer, macular degeneration and cardiovascular disease. In addition, all the carotenoid species that contain a beta-ring can be converted to retinol and, thus, are precursors of vitamin A. These properties have led to intensive efforts to alter and elevate such isoprenoids in food crops (Taylor and Ramsay, 2005).
Thesaurus Nal: | carotenoids; Citrus.
Categoria do assunto: | --
Registro original: | Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura (CNPMF)
Exemplares: | CNPMF - (24315-1) - UPC - SP - -- - S12688 -  - 12688 - DIS