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Path from Golden Rice to Golden Rice 2, Efficacy and Safety Consumption of Golden Rice 2By Monika Kumari
Abstract: AbstractMost of the human population, particularly in developing countries, relies on staple crops, such as rice or maize, which does not provide the full complement of essential nutrients, specifically vitamin A that will lead to its deficiency. Vitamin A deficiency is a major public health problem causing many diseases. Increment of pro-vitamin A (beta carotene) in staple food; rice is a good option for overcoming this problem. Golden Rice and …
Published in Research and Reviews : Journal of Crop science and Technology · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 4–7 Read article →
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Enhancement of Some Pharmaceutically Important Secondary Metabolites By in vitro TechniquesBy Monika Kumari
Abstract: AbstractSecondary metabolites are economically important as drugs, dyes and pigments, pesticides, and food additives. The evolving commercial importance of secondary metabolites has in recent years resulted in a great interest in mechanism of secondary metabolism, especially in the production of bioactive plant metabolites by means of tissue culture technology. Plant cell and tissue culture technologies can be established for both multiplication and extraction of secondary metabolites. Strain improvement, methods for …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Herbal Science · Vol. 3, Issue 1, 2014 · pp. 6–14 Read article →