Biology, Chemistry and Applications of Apocarotenoids

Contents

Preface...............................................................................................................................................vii

About the Editors...............................................................................................................................ix

Contributors.......................................................................................................................................xi

Chapter 1 Biology and Chemistry of Apocarotenoids...................................................................1

Margarita Aguilar-Espinosa, Victor 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

Victor 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 Cardenas-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 ?-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