Overview
- Takes readers from general information to the latest, ongoing research on carotenoids
- Collates general information on carotenoid biosynthesis and function in organisms, yeast, bacteria and plants
- Presents recent advances on apocarotenoid research, as well as on plastid differentiation and epigenetic regulation
- Explores metabolic engineering of carotenoids in crops, fruits, seeds
Part of the book series: Subcellular Biochemistry (SCBI, volume 79)
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Biosynthesis of Carotenoids
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Regulation of Carotenoids Biosynthesis
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Carotenoids for Human Health
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About this book
This comprehensive, edited book explores carotenoids and their important functional roles in yeast, bacteria and plants and a profound exposition on the structures of carotenoid molecules, focusing in the first of three parts on the biosynthesis of carotenoids. The regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in photosynthesis as well as in plant, fruits, storage roots and algae is central to the second part, and discoveries about the function of carotenoids in human health feature in the third and final part. Many helpful illustrations, explanations, overviews and examples help to bring readers up to date on relevant themes including carotenogenic genes, carotenoids in fruits and metabolic engineering.
The book explores where carotenoids are synthesized in nature, including in carrots and algae. Contributing expert authors examine enzyme functions and plant models, and analyze the structure of carotenoid molecules. The function of carotenoids in photosynthesis and in photosynthetic organs as well as during fruit ripening are then explored. A whole chapter is dedicated to the latest research on apocarotenoids and further chapters cover interesting and novel themes on plastid development and the epigenetic regulation that affects carotenoid synthesis in plants. The metabolic engineering of carotenoids that has been done in fruits, plants, and seeds is another area that readers can explore, along with evidences on the function of carotenoids in human nutrition, as antioxidants, as in the control of lipid metabolism and in the absorption of carotenoids.
This is a highly informative and wide-ranging work which will update researchers in the field, as well as supporting students of plant physiology and biotechnology, as supplementary reading.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Carotenoids in Nature
Book Subtitle: Biosynthesis, Regulation and Function
Editors: Claudia Stange
Series Title: Subcellular Biochemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39126-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39124-3Published: 10 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81824-5Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39126-7Published: 02 August 2016
Series ISSN: 0306-0225
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8810
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 457
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Protein Science, Food Science