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Genome-wide association study of grain polyphenol concentrations in global sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] germplasm.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 12 Nov 2014
Rhodes Davina H, Hoffmann Leo, Rooney William L, Ramu Punna, Morris Geoffrey P, Kresovich Stephen
Abstract excerpt
Identifying natural variation of health-promoting compounds in staple crops and characterizing its genetic basis can help improve human nutrition through crop biofortification. Some varieties of sorghum, a staple cereal crop grown worldwide, have high concentrations of proanthocyanidins and 3-deoxyanthocyanidins, polyphenols with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. We quantified total phenols,...
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