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1. Introduction
2. Carotenoid flower coloration
3. Carotenoids and fruit color
4. Carotenoids in vegetables
5. Carotenoids for vision
6. Isoprenoids in plants and algae
7. Isoprenoids pathways in plants
8. MEP pathway inhibition by fosmidomycin
9. Isoprenoid elongation (1)
10. Isoprenoid elongation (2)
11. Isoprenoid elongation to GGPP
12. Phytylation of chlorophyll
13. Plastids are site of carotenoid biosynthesis
14. Carotenoid stage 1: phytoene
15. Carotenoid stages: from phytoene to lycopene
16. Path to carotenoid color: in E. coli
17. Stage 3: carotenoid ring formation
18. Rings of alpha and beta-carotene
19. Carotenoids in green leaves
20. Stages 1-4 carotenoid products
21. Role of beta-carotene in photosystem II
22. Common photosynthetic accessory carotenoids
23. Fucoxanthin: a light absorber in algae and diatoms
24. Peridinin: a light absorber in many dinoflagellates
25. Peridinin-chlorophyll complex
26. Energy transfer: carotenoid to chlorophyll-a
27. Carotenoid protective roles
28. E. coli for studying carotenoid gene function
29. Carotenoids expressed in E. coli
30. HPLC elution products
31. Marigolds as feed additives
32. Keto-cartenoids of a green algae
33. Adonis aestivalis for astaxanthin production
34. Strategy to identify the Adonis ketolase
35. TLC of pigment extracts
36. Addition of a keto alters carotenoid color
37. Astaxanthin: a di-keto, di-hydroxy beta-carotene
38. Plant and algal tree: beta-carotene 3 hydroxylase
39. Transgenic rapeseed
40. Transgenic rice: beta-carotene

Topics Covered

• Carotenoids in the diet
• Vision
• Isoprenoids to carotenoid biosynthesis
• Photosynthetic apparatus
• Requirement of vital carotenoids
• Eco-physiology
• Light harvesting carotenoids
• Bioengineering of dietary additives
• Beta-carotene and ketocarotenoids

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Series:

• Chloroplast

Categories:

• Biochemistry
• Plant & Animal Sciences

Talk Citation

Gantt, E. (2007, October 1). Carotenoid functions and other isoprenoids in plants [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved April 15, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/ZEFH4085.
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Publication History

• Published on October 1, 2007

Financial Disclosures

• Prof. Elisabeth Gantt has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.