Omega-3 fatty acids, one of the key building blocks of cell membranes, have been of
particular interest to scientists for many years. However, only a small group of the most …

The seed oils of domesticated oilseed crops are major agricultural commodities that are
used primarily for nutritional applications, but in recent years there has been increasing use …

The CRISPR/Cas9 nuclease system is a powerful and flexible tool for genome editing, and
novel applications of this system are being developed rapidly. Here, we used CRISPR/Cas9 …

Fatty acids are the most abundant form of reduced carbon chains available from nature and
have diverse uses ranging from food to industrial feedstocks. Plants represent a significant …

Tocotrienols are the primary form of vitamin E in seeds of most monocot plants, including
cereals such as rice and wheat. As potent antioxidants, tocotrienols contribute to the nutritive …

The polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) linoleic acid (18: 2) and α-linolenic acid (18: 3) in
triacylglycerols (TAG) are major factors affecting the quality of plant oils for human health, as …

Polyacetylenic natural products are a substantial class of often unstable compounds
containing a unique carbon–carbon triple bond functionality, that are intriguing for their wide …

▪ Abstract In many plants lipids represent up to 80% of dry weight of storage tissues. In
seeds, lipids accumulate as triacylglycerols (TAGs), which are formed by an extension of the …

A central goal of green chemistry is to produce industrially useful fatty acids in oilseed crops.
Although genes encoding suitable fatty acid‐modifying enzymes are available from many …

When considering the evolution of desaturases, several different aspects come into focus,
the most obvious ones being phylogenetic origins and differentiation of regioselectivities of …