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2007-03-06 | permalink
Flavonoid-rich GM rice to boost antioxidant levels?
Rice genetically modified to have high flavonoid content has a 22 per cent higher antioxidant activity than untransformed rice, says a joint German-Indian study.
”The transgenic rice and its derived foods may serve as potential source of antioxidant compounds and this helpful in promoting human health,” wrote lead author Ambavaram Reddy in the Elsevier journal Metabolic Engineering.
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2007-03-06 | permalink
Flavonoid-rich GM rice to boost antioxidant levels?
Rice genetically modified to have high flavonoid content has a 22 per cent higher antioxidant activity than untransformed rice, says a joint German-Indian study.
”The transgenic rice and its derived foods may serve as potential source of antioxidant compounds and this helpful in promoting human health,” wrote lead author Ambavaram Reddy in the Elsevier journal Metabolic Engineering.
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