Carotenoids are indispensable to plants and critical in human diets. Plastids are the
organelles for carotenoid biosynthesis and storage in plant cells. They exist in various types …

Over the past decades, an enormous body of literature dealing with the natural deposition of
carotenoids in plant-and animal-based foods has accumulated. Prominent examples are the …

A low-viscosity embedding medium based on ERL-4206 is recommended for use in electron
microscopy. The composition is: ERL-4206 (vinyl cyclohexene dioxide) 10 g, DER 736 …

Chromoplasts are carotenoid-accumulating plastids conferring color to many flowers and
fruits as well as to some tubers and roots. Chromoplast differentiation proceeds from …

Carotenoids are naturally found in both free form and esterified with fatty acids in most fruits
and some vegetables; however, up to now the great majority of studies presents data on …

Chromoplast development in ripening bell pepper fruits is characterized by a massive
synthesis of carotenoid pigments, resulting in their distinctive red color. We have shown that …

Goji berries (Lycium barbarum L.) have been known to contain strikingly high levels of
zeaxanthin, while the physical deposition form and bioaccessibility of the latter was yet …

The late steps of carotenoid biosynthesis in plants involve the formation of xanthophylls.
Little is known about the enzymology of these steps. This paper reports the purification to …

Plant cells contain a unique class of organelles, designated the plastids, which distinguish
them from animal cells. According to the largely accepted endosymbiotic theory of evolution …

Metabolic engineering of the carotenoid pathway in recent years has successfully enhanced
the carotenoid contents of crop plants. It is now clear that only increasing biosynthesis is …