A foundation for provitamin A biofortification of maize: genome-wide association and genomic prediction models of carotenoid levels. [PDF]
, 2014 Efforts are underway for development of crops with improved levels of provitamin A carotenoids to help combat dietary vitamin A deficiency. As a global staple crop with considerable variation in kernel carotenoid composition, maize (Zea mays L.) could ...
Buckler, Edward S +13 more
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Partial quantification of pigments extracted from the zooxanthellate octocoral Sinularia flexibilis at varying irradiances [PDF]
, 2010 Chlorophyll-a (chl-a) and carotenoid pigments of the zooxanthellate octocoral Sinularia flexibilis were analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography following exposure to three light intensities for over 30 days. From the coral fragments located
Khalesi, M.K., Lamers, P.P.
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Improved production of lutein and β-carotene by thermal and light intensity upshifts in the marine microalga Tetraselmis sp. CTP4 [PDF]
, 2020 The industrial microalga Tetraselmis sp. CTP4 is a promising candidate for aquaculture feed, novel food, cosmeceutical and nutraceutical due to its balanced biochemical profile.
Barreira, Luísa +8 more
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Transient expression in Nicotiana benthamiana for rapid functional analysis of genes involved in non-photochemical quenching and carotenoid biosynthesis. [PDF]
, 2016 Plants must switch rapidly between light harvesting and photoprotection in response to environmental fluctuations in light intensity. This switch can lead to losses in absorbed energy usage, as photoprotective energy dissipation mechanisms can take ...
Erickson, Erika +3 more
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Genome-Wide Association Study and Pathway-Level Analysis of Kernel Color in Maize. [PDF]
, 2019 Rapid development and adoption of biofortified, provitamin A-dense orange maize (Zea mays L.) varieties could be facilitated by a greater understanding of the natural variation underlying kernel color, including as it relates to carotenoid biosynthesis ...
Diepenbrock, Christine H +7 more
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Xanthophylls in light-harvesting complex II of higher plants: light harvesting and triplet quenching [PDF]
, 1997 A spectral and functional assignment of the xanthophylls in monomeric and trimeric light-harvesting complex II of green plants has been obtained using HPLC analysis of the pigment composition, laser-flash induced triplet- minus-singlet, fluorescence ...
Amerongen, H. van +5 more
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Nutrients, 2019 Fruits and vegetables are pivotal for a healthy diet due partly to their content in bioactive compounds. It is for this reason that we conducted a parallel study to unravel the possible effect on cardiometabolic parameters of the ingestion of ...
R. Estévez-Santiago +9 more
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Overexpression of beta-carotene hydroxylase enhances stress tolerance in Arabidopsis [PDF]
, 2002 Plant stress caused by extreme environmental conditions is already a principal reason for yield reduction in crops. The threat of global environment change makes it increasingly important to generate crop plants that will withstand such conditions ...
Davison, P.A., Horton, P., Hunter, C.N.
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Localization and Orientation of Xanthophylls in a Lipid Bilayer
Scientific Reports, 2017 Xanthophylls (polar carotenoids) play diverse biological roles, among which are modulation of the physical properties of lipid membranes and protection of biomembranes against oxidative damage.
W. Grudziński +6 more
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Effect of grass–clover forage and whole-wheat feeding on the sensory quality of eggs [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND: A sensory panel evaluated the sensory profile of eggs from hens from three experimental systems: (1) an indoor system × normal layer diet (InL), (2) a grass–clover forage system × normal layer diet (GrL), and (3) a grass–clover forage system
Allesen-Holm, B.H. +2 more
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