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Low-acrylamide French fries and potato chips.
Plant biotechnology journal - 1 Oct 2008
Rommens Caius M, Yan Hua, Swords Kathy, Richael Craig, Ye Jingsong
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SUMMARY: Acrylamide is produced in starchy foods that are baked, roasted or fried at high temperatures. Concerns about the potential health issues associated with the dietary intake of this reactive compound led us to reduce the accumulation of asparagine, one of its main precursors, in the tubers of potato (Solanum tuberosum). This metabolic change was accomplished by silencing two asparagine synthetase genes...
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