Carotenoids in Nature: Biosynthesis, Regulation and Function

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PART 1 BIOSYNTHESIS OF CAROTENOIDS

1. CAROTENOID DISTRIBUTION IN NATURE; Jennifer Alca?no, Marcelo Baeza, V?ctor Cifuentes

2. BIOSYNTHESIS OF CAROTENOIDS IN PLANTS: COLOURING THE NATURE; Carolina Rosas and Claudia Stange

3. STRUCTURES AND ANALYSIS OF CAROTENOID MOLECULES; Delia B. Rodriguez-Amaya

PART 2 REGULATION OF CAROTENOIDS BIOSYNTHESIS

4. CAROTENOIDS AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS; Hideki Hashimoto, Chiasa Uragami , and Richard J. Cogdell

5. REGULATION OF CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANS; Briardo Llorente

6. REGULATION OF CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS DURING FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; Joanna Lado, Lorenzo Zacar?as and Mar?a Jes?s Rodrigo

7. CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN DAUCUS CAROTA; Kevin Simpson, Ariel Cerda and Claudia Stange

8. CAROTENOIDS IN MICROALGAE; Vitalia Henr?quez, Carolina Escobar, Janeth Galarza and Javier Gimpel

9. APOCAROTENOIDS: A NEW CAROTENOID-DERIVED PATHWAY; Juan Camilo Moreno and Claudia Stange

10. PLASTIDS AND CAROTENOID ACCUMULATION; Li Li, Hui Yuan, Yuliu Zeng and Qiang Xu

11. EVIDENCE OF EPIGENETIC MECHANISMS AFFECTING CAROTENOIDS; Jacobo Arango, Jes?s Beltr?n, Jonathan Nu?ez and Paul Chavarriaga

PART 3. CAROTENOIDS FOR HUMAN HEALTH

12. MANIPULATION OF CAROTENOID CONTENT IN PLANTS TO IMPROVE HUMAN HEALTH; Enriqueta Al?s, Maria Jes?s Rodrigo and Lorenzo Zacarias

13. CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN SEEDS: MODERN BREEDING AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO ENHANCE CAROTENOID ACCUMULATION; Federico ML and Schmidt MA

14. CAROTENOIDS AS SOURCE OF ANTIOXIDANTS IN THE DIET; Ana Augusta Odorissi Xavier and Antonio P?rez-G?lvez

15. CAROTENOIDS IN ADIPOSE TISSUE BIOLOGY AND OBESITY; M. Luisa Bonet, Jose A. Canas, Joan Ribot, Andreu Palou

16. ABSORTION OF CAROTENOIDS AND MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THEIR HEALTH-RELATED PROPERTIES; Braulio Cervantes-Paz, Claudia I. Victoria-Campos, Jos? de Jes?s Ornelas-Paz

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319818244
• ISBN13: 9783319818245
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 457 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"