Mechanism of Zinc absorption in plants: uptake, transport, translocation and accumulation

N Gupta, H Ram, B Kumar - Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio …, 2016 - Springer
Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for plants and animals. Unfortunately, deficiency of Zn
in humans has increased on a global scale. The main reason of this micronutrient deficiency …

Biofortification: progress toward a more nourishing future

A Saltzman, E Birol, HE Bouis, E Boy, FF De Moura… - Global food security, 2013 - Elsevier
Biofortification, the process of breeding nutrients into food crops, provides a sustainable,
long-term strategy for delivering micronutrients to rural populations in developing countries …

Global trends in dietary micronutrient supplies and estimated prevalence of inadequate intakes

T Beal, E Massiot, JE Arsenault, MR Smith, RJ Hijmans - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Understanding dietary patterns is vital to reducing the number of people experiencing
hunger (about 795 million), micronutrient deficiencies (2 billion), and overweight or obesity …

[图书][B] Hayes' principles and methods of toxicology

AW Hayes, T Kobets - 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Hayes' Principles and Methods of Toxicology has long been established as a reliable and
informative reference for the concepts, methodologies, and assessments integral to …

Mechanistic aspects of carotenoid biosynthesis

AR Moise, S Al-Babili, ET Wurtzel - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
Carotenoids represent a large class of terpenoids characterized by an extensively
conjugated polyene chain. The conjugation system imparts carotenoids with excellent light …

Physiological limits to zinc biofortification of edible crops

PJ White, MR Broadley - Frontiers in plant science, 2011 - frontiersin.org
It has been estimated that one-third of the world's population lack sufficient Zn for adequate
nutrition. This can be alleviated by increasing dietary Zn intakes through Zn biofortification of …

Golden bananas in the field: elevated fruit pro‐vitamin A from the expression of a single banana transgene

JY Paul, H Khanna, J Kleidon, P Hoang… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Vitamin A deficiency remains one of the world's major public health problems despite food
fortification and supplements strategies. Biofortification of staple crops with enhanced levels …

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

G Giuliano - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Carotenoid biofortification of all major crops has been obtained.•Studies show
good levels of bioaccessibility/bioavailability of the produced carotenoids.•Additional studies …

Enhanced reactive oxygen species scavenging by overproduction of superoxide dismutase and catalase delays postharvest physiological deterioration of cassava …

J Xu, X Duan, J Yang, JR Beeching, P Zhang - Plant physiology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Postharvest physiological deterioration (PPD) of cassava (Manihot esculenta) storage roots
is the result of a rapid oxidative burst, which leads to discoloration of the vascular tissues …

Improving nutrition through biofortification–A systematic review

KF Ofori, S Antoniello, MM English, ANA Aryee - Frontiers in nutrition, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nutritious foods are essential for human health and development. However, malnutrition and
hidden hunger continue to be a challenge globally. In most developing countries, access to …