Creation of resveratrol-enriched rice for the treatment of metabolic syndrome and related diseases.

Resveratrol has been clinically shown to possess a number of human health benefits. As a result, many attempts have been made to engineer resveratrol production in major cereal grains but have been largely unsuccessful. In this study, we report the creation of a transgenic rice plant that accumulate...

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Main Authors: So-Hyeon Baek, Woon-Chul Shin, Hak-Seung Ryu, Dae-Woo Lee, Eunjung Moon, Chun-Sun Seo, Eunson Hwang, Hyun-Seo Lee, Mi-Hyun Ahn, Youngju Jeon, Hyeon-Jung Kang, Sang-Won Lee, Sun Yeou Kim, Roshan D'Souza, Hyeon-Jin Kim, Seong-Tshool Hong, Jong-Seong Jeon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3587571?pdf=render