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2007-04-30 | permalink
Golden potatoes engineered to give beta-carotene boost
A 250 gram serving of ”Golden” Potatoes, engineered to produce high quantities of of the pro-vitamin A beta-carotene, could provide half the recommended daily intake of vitamin A, suggests new research. Writing in the Public Library of Science, researchers from Rome-based Casaccia Research Center and Germany-based Freiburg University report that using the mini-pathway of bacterial origin technique the beta-carotene content of potatoes could be increased 3600-fold.
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2007-04-30 | permalink
Golden potatoes engineered to give beta-carotene boost
A 250 gram serving of ”Golden” Potatoes, engineered to produce high quantities of of the pro-vitamin A beta-carotene, could provide half the recommended daily intake of vitamin A, suggests new research. Writing in the Public Library of Science, researchers from Rome-based Casaccia Research Center and Germany-based Freiburg University report that using the mini-pathway of bacterial origin technique the beta-carotene content of potatoes could be increased 3600-fold.
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