| Literature DB >> 26389575 |
Dieter Blancquaert1, Jeroen Van Daele2, Simon Strobbe1, Filip Kiekens2, Sergei Storozhenko1, Hans De Steur3, Xavier Gellynck3, Willy Lambert2, Christophe Stove2, Dominique Van Der Straeten1.
Abstract
Biofortification of staple crops could help to alleviate micronutrient deficiencies in humans. We show that folates in stored rice grains are unstable, which reduces the potential benefits of folate biofortification. We obtain folate concentrations that are up to 150 fold higher than those of wild-type rice by complexing folate to folate-binding proteins to improve folate stability, thereby enabling long-term storage of biofortified high-folate rice grains.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26389575 DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3358
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Biotechnol ISSN: 1087-0156 Impact factor: 54.908