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Prospects for Carotenoid Biofortification Targeting Retention and Catabolism.
Trends in Plant Science ( IF 17.3 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-16 , DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.12.021
Jacinta L Watkins 1 , Barry J Pogson 1
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Due to the ongoing prevalence of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) in developing countries there has been a large effort towards increasing the carotenoid content of staple foods via biofortification. Common strategies used for carotenoid biofortification include altering flux through the biosynthesis pathway to direct synthesis to a specific product, generally β-carotene, or via increasing the expression of genes early in the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway. Recently, carotenoid biofortification strategies are turning towards increasing the retention of carotenoids in plant tissues either via altering sequestration within the cell or via downregulating enzymes known to cause degradation of carotenoids. To date, little attention has focused on increasing the stability of carotenoids, which may be a promising method of increasing carotenoid content in staple foods.

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