LEADER 02312nam 2200397z- 450 001 9910557728703321 005 20231214133453.0 035 $a(CKB)5400000000046036 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68846 035 $a(EXLCZ)995400000000046036 100 $a20202105d2020 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPhytic Acid and Mineral Biofortification Strategies 210 $aBasel, Switzerland$cMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute$d2020 215 $a1 electronic resource (194 p.) 311 $a3-03936-202-X 311 $a3-03936-203-8 330 $aTwo billion people worldwide, mainly in developing countries, where diets are based on the consumption of staple crops, suffer from mineral deficiencies, particularly for iron and zinc. Mineral biofortification includes different strategies aimed to increase mineral concentration and to improve mineral availability from the diet (mineral bioavailability) in the edible parts of plants, particularly the seeds. Phytic acid is a compound that strongly reduces mineral bioavailability as, being highly negatively charged, it strongly binds cations, acting as a magnet. All the contributions in this book aim to describe new results, review the literature, and comment on some of the economic and sociological aspects concerning mineral biofortification research. A number of contributions are related to the study of mineral transport, seed accumulation, and approaches to increase seed micronutrient concentration. The remaining ones are mainly focused on the study of low phytic acid mutants. 606 $aResearch & information: general$2bicssc 606 $aBiology, life sciences$2bicssc 615 7$aResearch & information: general 615 7$aBiology, life sciences 700 $aCominelli$b Eleonora$4edt$01329479 702 $aSparvoli$b Francesca$4edt 702 $aPilu$b Roberto$4edt 702 $aCominelli$b Eleonora$4oth 702 $aSparvoli$b Francesca$4oth 702 $aPilu$b Roberto$4oth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910557728703321 996 $aPhytic Acid and Mineral Biofortification Strategies$93039494 997 $aUNINA