Recent Advances in our Understanding of Tocopherol Biosynthesis in Plants: An Overview of Key Genes, Functions, and Breeding of Vitamin E Improved Crops

• Главные авторы: Steffi Fritsche (Автор), Xingxing Wang (Автор), Christian Jung (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: MDPI AG, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Tocopherols, together with tocotrienols and plastochromanols belong to a group of lipophilic compounds also called tocochromanols or vitamin E. Considered to be one of the most powerful antioxidants, tocochromanols are solely synthesized by photosynthetic organisms including plants, algae, and cyano...