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ReviewFrontiers in genetics2020

The Genetic Basis and Nutritional Benefits of Pigmented Rice Grain.

Edwige Gaby Nkouaya Mbanjo, Tobias Kretzschmar, Huw Jones, Nelzo Ereful, Christopher Blanchard, Lesley Ann Boyd, Nese Sreenivasulu

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Review in Frontiers in genetics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Edwige Gaby Nkouaya MbanjoInternational Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines.
Tobias KretzschmarSouthern Cross Plant Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia.
Huw JonesNational Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Nelzo ErefulNational Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Christopher BlanchardSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia.
Lesley Ann BoydNational Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Nese SreenivasuluInternational Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Improving the nutritional quality of rice grains through modulation of bioactive compounds and micronutrients represents an efficient means of addressing nutritional security in societies which depend heavily on rice as a staple food. White rice makes a major contribution to the calorific intake of Asian and African populations, but its nutritional quality is poor compared to that of pigmented (black, purple, red orange, or brown) variants. The compounds responsible for these color variations are the flavonoids anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin, which are known to have nutritional value. The rapid progress made in the technologies underlying genome sequencing, the analysis of gene expression and the acquisition of global 'omics data, genetics of grain pigmentation has created novel opportunities for applying molecular breeding to improve the nutritional value and productivity of pigmented rice. This review provides an update on the nutritional value and health benefits of pigmented rice grain, taking advantage of both indigenous and modern knowledge, while also describing the current approaches taken to deciphering the genetic basis of pigmentation.

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flavonoidsgeneticsmetabolitesnutritionpigmented rice grain

Identifiers

PMID32231689
PMCPMC7083195

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