Sunflower seeds with enhanced saturated fatty acid contents

Antisense expression of a stearoyl-ACP desaturase gene in sunflower results in more than a four-fold increase in seed stearate, and can enhance palmitate content as well. Thus, sunflower oil containing over 40 percent saturated fatty acids can be produced, which is desirable in the context of variou...

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Main Authors CRAIG HASTINGS, LIJUAN WANG, DENNIS L. BIDNEY, CHRISTOPHER J. SCELONGE, SEAN COUGHLAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.10.1997
Edition6
Subjects
BEER
BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
CULTURE MEDIA
ENZYMOLOGY
FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS
FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J
HUMAN NECESSITIES
METALLURGY
MICROBIOLOGY
MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL
PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS
SPIRITS
THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT
THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
VINEGAR
WINE
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Summary:Antisense expression of a stearoyl-ACP desaturase gene in sunflower results in more than a four-fold increase in seed stearate, and can enhance palmitate content as well. Thus, sunflower oil containing over 40 percent saturated fatty acids can be produced, which is desirable in the context of various products, such as coating fat, margarine, soap and shortening.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU19970022499