Mène-Saffrané, L. and Pellaud, S. (2017) Current strategies for vitamin E biofortification of crops. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 44. pp. 189-197.
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Abstract
Vitamin E refers to four tocopherols and four tocotrienols that are exclusively synthesized by photosynthetic organisms. While a-tocopherol is the most potent vitamin E compound, it is not the main form consumed since the composition of most major crops is dominated by g-tocopherol. Nutritional studies show that populations of developed countries do not consume enough vitamin E and that a large proportion of individuals exhibit plasma a-tocopherol deficiency. Following the identification of vitamin E biosynthetic genes, several strategies including metabolic engineering, classic breeding and mutation breeding, have been undertaken to improve the vitamin E content of crops. In addition to providing crops in which vitamin E content is enhanced, these studies are revealing the bottlenecks limiting its biosynthesis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Avian crop,Breeding,Biofortification,Vitamin E,Tocopherols,Tocotrienols |
| Author Affiliation: | University of Fribourg, Department of Biology, Chemin du muse´ e, 10, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Mr T L Gautham |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Aug 2018 08:07 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Aug 2018 08:07 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/15547 |
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