Carotenoids are lipophilic isoprenoid compounds synthesized by all photosynthetic
organisms and some non-photosynthetic prokaryotes and fungi. With some notable …

Background Fruits are vital food resources as they are loaded with bioactive compounds
varying with different stages of ripening. As the fruit ripens, a dynamic color change is …

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 …

Carotenoids are mostly C 40 terpenoids, a class of hydrocarbons that participate in various
biological processes in plants, such as photosynthesis, photomorphogenesis …

Plant specialized terpenoids are natural products that have no obvious role in growth and
development, but play many important functional roles to improve the plant's overall fitness …

Isoprenoid biosynthesis is essential for all living organisms, and isoprenoids are also of
industrial and agricultural interest. All isoprenoids are derived from prenyl diphosphate …

Plant carotenoids are a family of pigments that participate in light harvesting and are
essential for photoprotection against excess light. Furthermore, they act as precursors for the …

Chlorophyll breakdown is an important catabolic process of leaf senescence and fruit
ripening. Structure elucidation of colorless linear tetrapyrroles as (final) breakdown products …

Carotenoids are a diverse group of colourful pigments naturally found in plants, algae, fungi
and bacteria. They play essential roles in development, photosynthesis, root-mycorrhizal …

Carotenoids serve diverse functions in vastly different organisms that both produce and
consume them. Enhanced carotenoid accumulation is of great importance in the visual and …