Localization glucosinolates

Li, Y.C., Kiddle, G., Bennet, R.N., Wallsgrove, R.M. Local and systemic changes in glucosinolates in Chinese and European cultivars of oilseed rape Brassica napus L.) after inoculation with Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (stemrot). Ann Appl Biol 1999 134 45-58. 

Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. is today the most useful model system in plant research, and in order to be able to generalize results from this species, it is important to investigate its special characteristics, such as the myrosinase-glucosinolate system. In this chapter, we present the localization of the myrosinase-glucosinolate system in Arabidopsis and other plants and discuss in vivo degradation and transport of glucosinolates. 

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TANG, C.S., Localization of benzyl glucosinolate and thioglucosidase in Carica papaya fruit., Phytochemistry, 1973,12, 769-773. 

Andreasson, E. and Jorgenson, L.B. (2003) Localization of plant myrosinases and glucosinolates, in Recent Advances in Phytochemistry Integrative Phytochemistry From Ethnobotany to Molecular Ecology (ed. J.T. Romeo). Pergamon, Oxford, pp. 79-99. 

The world production of rapeseed meal is shown in Table VI. In Asia essentially all the locally produced meal is of the high glucosinolate type. It is used principally for fertilizer with small amounts fed to ruminants. However, most countries importing rapeseed now prefer the Canadian canola seed because of the superior nutritional value of the low glucosinolate meal. The Chinese are very interested in developing low glucosinolate cultivars for their own use for similar reasons. 

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