Determination of functionally important sequence variants in promoter sequence of homogentisate geranylgeranyl transferase from Elaeis guineensis Jacq. germplasm materials

• Main Author: Karim, Mohd Shahrul Nizwanshah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Oil palm - Germplasm resources - Research; Promoters (Genetics) - Research; Vitamin E - Analysis
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/98816/1/IPTSM%202021%2016%20UPMIR.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/98816/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Vitamin E consists of tocopherols and tocotrienols which are lipid-soluble compounds produced by plants with various beneficial medicinal properties. Tocotrienols have cholesterol-lowering and anticancer properties and alpha-tocotrienols can prevent inducible neurodegeneration. There is high v...