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Carotenoids in Nature - Biosynthesis, Regulation and Function (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Carotenoids in Nature - Biosynthesis, Regulation and Function (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Subcellular Biochemistry, 79
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This comprehensive, edited book explores carotenoids and their
important functional roles in yeast, bacteria and plants and a
profound exposition on the structures of carotenoid molecules,
focusing in the first of three parts on the biosynthesis of
carotenoids. The regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in
photosynthesis as well as in plant, fruits, storage roots and algae
is central to the second part, and discoveries about the function
of carotenoids in human health feature in the third and final part.
Many helpful illustrations, explanations, overviews and examples
help to bring readers up to date on relevant themes including
carotenogenic genes, carotenoids in fruits and metabolic
engineering. The book explores where carotenoids are synthesized in
nature, including in carrots and algae. Contributing expert authors
examine enzyme functions and plant models, and analyze the
structure of carotenoid molecules. The function of carotenoids in
photosynthesis and in photosynthetic organs as well as during fruit
ripening are then explored. A whole chapter is dedicated to the
latest research on apocarotenoids and further chapters cover
interesting and novel themes on plastid development and the
epigenetic regulation that affects carotenoid synthesis in plants.
The metabolic engineering of carotenoids that has been done in
fruits, plants, and seeds is another area that readers can explore,
along with evidences on the function of carotenoids in human
nutrition, as antioxidants, as in the control of lipid metabolism
and in the absorption of carotenoids. This is a highly informative
and wide-ranging work which will update researchers in the field,
as well as supporting students of plant physiology and
biotechnology, as supplementary reading.
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