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Vitamin deficiencies in humans: can plant science help?
The Plant cell - 1 Feb 2012
Fitzpatrick Teresa B, Basset Gilles J C, Borel Patrick, Carrari Fernando, DellaPenna Dean, Fraser Paul D, Hellmann Hanjo, Osorio Sonia, Rothan Christophe, Valpuesta Victoriano, Caris-Veyrat Catherine, Fernie Alisdair R
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The term vitamin describes a small group of organic compounds that are absolutely required in the human diet. Although for the most part, dependency criteria are met in developed countries through balanced diets, this is not the case for the five billion people in developing countries who depend predominantly on a single staple crop for survival. Thus, providing a more balanced vitamin intake from high-quality...
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