About the Book
Carotenoids are a large class of isoprenoid pigments produced by plants and certain microbes. More than 700 naturally occurring carotenoids have been identified. Apocarotenoids are tailored from carotenoids by oxidative enzymes. Apocarotenoids act as visual or volatile signals to attract pollinating and seed dispersal agents. They are also the key players in allelopathic interactions and plant defense. Biology, Chemistry and Applications of Apocarotenoids provides detailed account of the fundamental chemistry of apocarotenoids and the basic methods used in carotenoid research, and critical discussions of the biochemistry, functions, and applications of these important compounds. Topics covered in the proposed book include various aspects of the roles of apocarotenoids in colour and colouration, photosynthesis and other photofunctions and protection. The formation and roles of carotenoid metabolites and breakdown products as perfume/aroma compounds are also be outlined.
Features:
Provides an organized overview of apocarotenoids and their chemistry and biological functions
Focuses on recent discoveries on apocarotenoids, their nature and functions.
Details potential uses of apocarotenoids in agriculture, pharmacy, food industry, and apocarotenoid production at industrial level
This book has been written by leading experts in apocarotenoid research and gives a comprehensive overview on the diversity of apocarotenoid compounds and would serve as a reference book for researches in Plant Physiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Medicine.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Preface...............................................................................................................................................vii
About the Editors...............................................................................................................................ix
Contributors.......................................................................................................................................xi
Chapter 1 Biology and Chemistry of Apocarotenoids...................................................................1
Margarita Aguilar-Espinosa, Víctor Manuel Carballo-Uicab,
and Renata Rivera-Madrid
Chapter 2 Natural Sources of Apocarotenoids and Their Applications.......................................11
Jonathan Dzib-Cauich, Rosa Us-Camas, and Renata Rivera-Madrid
Chapter 3 Apocarotenoid Molecules Are Continuously Being
Discovered in all Taxa.................................................................................................41
Renata Rivera-Madrid and Siva Ramamoorthy
Chapter 4 Unravelling Apocarotenoid Biosynthesis Pathways: Transcriptomic
Tools for Gene Discovery............................................................................................59
David Chan-Rodriguez and Renata Rivera-Madrid
Chapter 5 Apocarotenoids: Natural Anti-Ageing Agents............................................................73
Leepica Kapoor and Siva Ramamoorthy
Chapter 6 An Approach to Vitamin A and Retinoids and Their Importance
in Human Health.........................................................................................................89
Víctor Manuel Carballo-Uicab, Rosa Us-Camas, and Renata Rivera-Madrid
Chapter 7 Epoxy Carotenoid and Its Importance: A review......................................................101
Hebron Kirubai Raj and Siva Ramamoorthy
Chapter 8 Anticarcinogenic Effect of Apocarotenoids..............................................................127
Yair Cárdenas-Conejo and Edith E. Uresti-Rivera
Chapter 9 An Overview of the Role of Abscisic Acid (ABA):
From Plants to Humans.............................................................................................149
Rosa Us-Camas, Margarita Aguilar-Espinosa, and Renata Rivera-Madrid
Chapter 10 C13 α-Ionol (Blumenol) Glycosides and C14 Mycorradicin:
Apocarotenoids Accumulating in Roots during the Arbuscular
Mycorrhizal Symbiosis.............................................................................................173
Michael H. Walter
Chapter 11 Strigolactones: Nutrient Stress Hormones Affecting Plant Development
and Biotic Interactions..............................................................................................189
Michael H. Walter
Index .................................................................................................................................... 213
About the Author :
Dr. Ramamoorthy Siva is a professor and head of the Department
of Biotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), India. He
received his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in plant science
from Madurai Kamaraj University, India. He carried out his PhD in
Plant Genetic Diversity at Bharathidasan University, India. He did his
postdoctoral research at Ben Gurion University (Israel) and Gyeongsang
National University (South Korea). His research interests are plant biotechnology
and pigments biology. For more than 15 years he has carried
out extensive research on plant dyes and pigments. He is the recipient
of prestigious MASHAV fellowship from Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Israel at the Institute of Applied Research, Ben Gurion University of
the Negev, Israel (2004). Dr. Siva has been recognised for his contributions at the international
level in the field of Biotechnology and has been honoured by University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
(2011) and recipient of "Young Scientist" project supported by DST, India. He is involved in popularizing
science in India by organising conferences and conducting lecture workshops on various
biological aspects with the support of Science Academies, India since, 2009. Dr. Siva has been
successful to obtain various national and international research grants and several funded research
projects. Dr. Siva is an IUCN species commission member for medicinal plants. He was nominated
as Fellow of Linnean Society (FLS), London in 2013; Elected as a Fellow of Royal Society of
Biology (UK) in 2015, and Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2020. He was selected
as the "Young Scientist of the Year"(2017) by Tamil Nadu Academy of Sciences, Chennai and was
awarded the International Visiting Fellow, University of Essex, UK (2017). He has published more
than 100 manuscripts in reputed peer reviewed journals with high impact factor. Currently, he is the
Associate Editor of BMC Plant Biology, BMC Biotechnology and Journal of Natural Products and
Bioprospecting (Springer) and the Academic Editor of PLoS One and Peer J.
Dr. Renata Rivera-Madrid earned her PhD in plant physiology and
molecular biology from the Université de Perpignan, France. Dr. Rivera
is senior researcher in molecular biology of plant carotenoids at the
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit of the Scientific Research
Centre of Yucatán (Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, A.C,
CICY). Her research line is metabolic engineering and plant genetics.
For the last two decades she has been working mainly with Bixa
orellana (achiote), a plant which produces bixin, a worldwide valued
natural pigment. Dr. Rivera’s team is currently working on the regulatory
mechanisms that control carotenoid production in higher plants, as well as on genetic variability,
germplasm conservation, and genetic improvement using traditional methods and biotechnological
tools. Dr. Rivera’s main contributions to the knowledge of the molecular genetics of Bixa orellana
and the molecular bases for its improvement are acknowledged at national and international level.
Her publications, and her studies on the expression and regulation of the genes involved in the
synthesis of carotenoids and bixin, are considered the basis for molecular genetic characterization.
She has been in charge of more than ten Bixa orellana projects funded by national and international
institutions and has authored more than 30 peer reviewed papers in specialized journals. As an
active professor at the centre’s postgraduate division, she trains MD, PhD, and postgraduate students,
has directed 27 concluded pre-graduate theses, 17 master theses, four doctorate theses, and
three post-doctorates. She has evaluated projects summited to the National Council for Science and
Technology (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, CONACYT), as well as international projects.
Dr. Rivera is a member of the Mexican Science Academy and a level II member of the National
Researcher’s System (Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, SNI). She is currently Guest Editor in
Frontiers in Plant Science for the special issue on "Interactions between Biochemical Pathways
Producing Plant Colors and Scents".
Dr. C. George Priya Doss earned his PhD from Vellore Institute of
Technology (VIT), India and presently positioned as HOD, Department
of Integrative Biology, School of Biosciences and Technology. His
research interest spans both computational biology and bioinformatics,
with prior in-depth knowledge and experience in molecular modelling,
molecular simulation analysis, drug discovery, nano-informatics and
development and construction of various biological databases. He has
authored and co-authored more than 170 scientifi c publications in international
peer reviewed journals and book chapters.
