Main conclusion Genetic transformation allows for greater bixin or norbixin production in
achiote. Knowledge of genes that control the biosynthesis of these important secondary …

Light is a key factor influencing growth and development in plants. Specific irradiance and
light quality can improve development and production of secondary compounds such as …

Bixin is an apocarotenoid derived from Bixa orellana L. well known as a food colorant along
with its numerous industrial and therapeutic applications. With the current surge in usage of …

The sequence-related amplified polymorphism (SRAP) technique, aimed for the
amplification of open reading frames (ORFs), vis-â-vis that of the amplified fragment length …

The achiote or annatto (Bixa orellana L.) is a tropical plant displaying high morphological
variation associated with variable bixin content, which is a valuable commercial natural …

Annatto (Bixa orellana L.) is a tropical American crop, commercially valuable due to its
application in the food and cosmetics industries as a natural dye. The wild ancestor of …

Bixa orellana (annatto or lipstick tree) is a perennial tropical plant that stores and produces
considerable quantities of the apocarotenoid bixin, a culturally and economically important …

Bixa orellana L. is an economic tree native to the Neotropics. It is perennial in nature
growing up to a height ranging from 2 to 8 m. Bixa orellana L. shows phenotypic variation in …

Bixin is an apocarotenoid obtained from the seed aril of Bixa orellana L., a tropical plant
known as achiote in Mexico. This compound is the second most commonly used natural …

Abstract Bixa orellana L.(achiote), is a tropical species that produces high amounts of bixin,
used as a commercial food pigment. In Yucatan, B. orellana (achiote) is cultivated under …