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References from Prospects and progress on crocin biosynthetic pathway and metabolic engineering. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
Biology, biotechnology and biomedicine of saffron
2004 · External reference
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Transcriptome-Guided Mining of Genes Involved in Crocin Biosynthesis
2017 · External reference
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HPLC quantification of major active components from 11 different saffron (Crocus sativus L.) sources
10.1016/j.foodchem.2005.11.020 · 2007 · External reference
Antioxidant potential of crocins and ethanol extracts of Gardenia jasminoides ELLIS and Crocus sativus L.: A relationship investigation between antioxidant activity and crocin contents
10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.09.080 · 2008 · External reference
10.1016/j.jfda.2016.11.005
10.1016/j.jfda.2016.11.005 · External reference
Research progress on biosynthetic pathway of apo-carotenoids in Crocus sativus
2018 · External reference
Research progress of purification, determination and structure-activity relationship of crocins from gardenia and saffron
2018 · External reference
Efficient Synthesis of Crocins from Crocetin by a Microbial Glycosyltransferase from Bacillus subtilis 168
10.1021/acs.jafc.8b04274 · 2018 · External reference
Isolation and purification of geniposide, crocin-1, and geniposidic acid from the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis by high-speed counter-current chromatography
10.1080/01496395.2013.879179 · 2014 · External reference
A Perspective on Crocus sativus L. (Saffron) Constituent Crocin: A Potent Water-Soluble Antioxidant and Potential Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease
10.1021/acs.jafc.6b04398 · 2017 · External reference
Attenuation of oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis by ethanolic and aqueous extracts of Crocus sativus L. stigma after chronic constriction injury of rats
10.1590/0001-3765201420140067 · 2014 · External reference
Crocin has anti-inflammatory and protective effects in ischemia-reperfusion induced renal injuries
2017 · External reference
Crocin exerts anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic effects on type II collagen-induced arthritis in rats
10.1080/13880209.2018.1448874 · 2018 · External reference
Mechanism of hypolipidemic effect of crocin in rats: crocin inhibits pancreatic lipase
10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.05.038 · 2006 · External reference
10.1111/jphp.12776
10.1111/jphp.12776 · External reference
Nanoparticles based on crocin loaded chitosan-alginate biopolymers: Antioxidant activities, bioavailability and anticancer properties
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.02.095 · 2017 · External reference
Anticancer activity of crocin against cervical carcinoma (HeLa cells): Bioassessment and toxicity evaluation of crocin in male albino rats
10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2018.01.013 · 2018 · External reference
Antilithiatic effects of crocin on ethylene glycol-induced lithiasis in rats
10.1007/s00240-014-0711-y · 2014 · External reference
Saffron (Crocus sativus) is an autotriploid that evolved in Attica (Greece) from wild Crocus cartwrightianus
10.1016/j.ympev.2019.03.022 · 2019 · External reference
Synthetic biology for production of plant-derived natural products
2018 · External reference
10.1093/jxb/erx277
10.1093/jxb/erx277 · External reference
Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of Crocus sativus for discovery and expression of genes involved in apocarotenoid biosynthesis
10.1186/s12864-015-1894-5 · 2015 · External reference
10.1007/s00425-004-1299-1
10.1007/s00425-004-1299-1 · External reference
Construction of Escherichia coli cell factories for crocin biosynthesis
10.1186/s12934-019-1166-1 · 2019 · External reference
De novo transcriptome assembly and comprehensive expression profiling in Crocus sativus to gain insights into apocarotenoid biosynthesis
10.1038/srep22456 · 2016 · External reference
10.1093/jxb/erz211
10.1093/jxb/erz211 · External reference
10.1186/s12915-020-00795-3
10.1186/s12915-020-00795-3 · External reference
10.1016/j.csbj.2020.03.022
10.1016/j.csbj.2020.03.022 · External reference
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Source to sink: regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in plants
10.1016/j.tplants.2010.02.003 · 2010 · External reference
Maize phytoene desaturase and zeta-carotene desaturase catalyse a poly-Z desaturation pathway: implications for genetic engineering of carotenoid content among cereal crops
10.1093/jxb/erg235 · 2003 · External reference
Maize Y9 encodes a product essential for 15-cis-zeta-carotene isomerization
10.1104/pp.107.098996 · 2007 · External reference
Cloning of tangerine from tomato reveals a carotenoid isomerase essential for the production of beta-carotene and xanthophylls in plants
10.1105/tpc.010303 · 2002 · External reference
Identification of the carotenoid isomerase provides insight into carotenoid biosynthesis, prolamellar body formation, and photomorphogenesis
10.1105/tpc.010302 · 2002 · External reference
Functional analysis of the beta and epsilon lycopene cyclase enzymes of Arabidopsis reveals a mechanism for control of cyclic carotenoid formation
1996 · External reference
Implications of carotenoid biosynthetic genes in apocarotenoid formation during the stigma development of Crocus sativus and its closer relatives
10.1104/pp.105.067827 · 2005 · External reference
10.1093/jxb/erp283
10.1093/jxb/erp283 · External reference
The Specialized Roles in Carotenogenesis and Apocarotenogenesis of the Phytoene Synthase Gene Family in Saffron
10.3389/fpls.2019.00249 · 2019 · External reference
10.1074/jbc.m804000200
10.1074/jbc.m804000200 · External reference
10.1126/science.1218094
10.1126/science.1218094 · External reference
Candidate Enzymes for Saffron Crocin Biosynthesis Are Localized in Multiple Cellular Compartments
10.1104/pp.17.01815 · 2018 · External reference
10.1021/acssynbio.0c00039
10.1021/acssynbio.0c00039 · External reference
Oxidative remodeling of chromoplast carotenoids: identification of the carotenoid dioxygenase CsCCD and CsZCD genes involved in Crocus secondary metabolite biogenesis
10.1105/tpc.006536 · 2003 · External reference
Unraveling Massive Crocins Transport and Accumulation through Proteome and Microscopy Tools during the Development of Saffron Stigma
10.3390/ijms18010076 · 2017 · External reference
10.1111/nph.13609
10.1111/nph.13609 · External reference
Subcellular Spice Trade Routes: Crocin Biosynthesis in the Saffron Crocus (Crocus sativus)
10.1104/pp.18.00662 · 2018 · External reference
ABCC Transporters Mediate the Vacuolar Accumulation of Crocins in Saffron Stigmas
2019 · External reference
Steviol glycoside biosynthesis
10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.02.010 · 2007 · External reference
UGT75L6 and UGT94E5 mediate sequential glucosylation of crocetin to crocin in Gardenia jasminoides
10.1016/j.febslet.2012.03.003 · 2012 · External reference
10.1016/j.pbi.2006.03.005
10.1016/j.pbi.2006.03.005 · External reference
10.1039/c0np00036a
10.1039/c0np00036a · External reference
10.1126/science.1108965
10.1126/science.1108965 · External reference
10.1016/j.abb.2013.06.012
10.1016/j.abb.2013.06.012 · External reference
Crocetin esters, picrocrocin and its related compounds present in Crocus sativus stigmas and Gardenia jasminoides fruits. Tentative identification of seven new compounds by LC-ESI-MS
10.1021/jf052297w · 2006 · External reference
Novel and known constituents from Buddleja species and their activity against leukocyte eicosanoid generation
10.1021/np990092+ · 1999 · External reference
10.1007/s00425-012-1749-0
10.1007/s00425-012-1749-0 · External reference
10.2307/3871264
10.2307/3871264 · External reference
UGT709G1: a novel uridine diphosphate glycosyltransferase involved in the biosynthesis of picrocrocin, the precursor of safranal in saffron (Crocus sativus)
10.1111/nph.16079 · 2019 · External reference
Production of crocetin in transgenic Chlorella vulgaris expressing genes crtRB and ZCD1
10.1007/s10811-015-0730-2 · 2015 · External reference
Heterologous biosynthesis and manipulation of crocetin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
10.1186/s12934-017-0665-1 · 2017 · External reference
Efficient production of saffron crocins and picrocrocin in Nicotiana benthamiana using a virus-driven system
2020 · External reference
10.1016/j.molp.2017.05.008
10.1016/j.molp.2017.05.008 · External reference
From Golden Rice to aSTARice: bioengineering astaxanthin biosynthesis in rice endosperm
10.1016/j.molp.2018.09.007 · 2018 · External reference
Plant synthetic metabolic engineering for enhancing crop nutritional quality
2020 · External reference
10.1002/bab.1901
10.1002/bab.1901 · External reference
10.1186/s12915-019-0691-z
10.1186/s12915-019-0691-z · External reference
Synthetic microbial consortia for small molecule production
10.1016/j.copbio.2019.09.011 · 2020 · External reference
