[EN] Crocins and picrocrocin are glycosylated apocarotenoids responsible, respectively, for the color and the unique taste of the saffron spice, known as red gold due to its high price. Several studies have also shown the ...
Rubio-Moraga, Angela; Rambla Nebot, Jose Luis; Fernández Del Carmen, María Asunción; Trapero Mozos, Almudena; Ahrazem, Oussama; Orzáez Calatayud, Diego Vicente; Granell Richart, Antonio; Gómez Gómez, Lourdes(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2014-11)
[EN] Apocarotenoid compounds play diverse communication functions in plants, some of them being as hormones, pigments and volatiles. Apocarotenoids are the result of enzymatic cleavage of carotenoids catalyzed by carotenoid ...
Martí Botella, Mari Carmen(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2022-10-06)
[ES] La biotecnología de plantas actual, y la llamada agricultura molecular aspiran a convertir las plantas en "biofábricas" sostenibles para producir compuestos de valor como proteínas, metabolitos o nanopartículas de ...
Ahrazem, Oussama; Rubio Moraga, Angela; González Nebauer, Sergio; Molina Romero, Rosa Victoria; Gómez Gómez, Lourdes(American Chemical Society, 2015-10-14)
[EN] The present state of knowledge concerning developmental processes and the secondary metabolism of saffron, Crocus sativus L. (Iridaceae), along with the genes involved in these processes so far known, is reviewed. ...