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Potential of golden potatoes to improve vitamin A and vitamin E status in developing countries

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the third most widely consumed plant food by humans. Its tubers are rich in starch and vitamin C, but have low or null levels of essential nutrients such as provitamin A and vitamin E. Transformation of potato with a bacterial mini-pathway for β-carotene in a tuber-s...

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Autores principales: Chitchumroonchokchai, Chureeporn, Diretto, Gianfranco, Parisi, Bruno, Giuliano, Giovanni, Failla, Mark L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5678870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29117188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187102