Polyamines in Plant Biotechnology, Food Nutrition and Human Health

• Other Authors: Alcázar, Rubén (Editor), Margarida Fortes, Ana (Editor), Tiburcio, Antonio F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2020
• Subjects: Science: general issues; Botany & plant sciences; polyamines; agriculture; climate change; health; nutrition; metabolism; plant protection; food
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Polyamines (PAs) are low-molecular-mass organic polycations derived from amino acids. Structurally, PAs are aliphatic chains containing two or more amine groups. In plants, the best studied PAs are the diamine putrescine (Put), the triamine spermidine (Spd) and the tetraamine spermine (Spm). Plants...