Quantification of Ferritin from Staple Food Crops

Quantification of ferritin from staple food crops.

Ferritin-iron has been shown to be as bioavailable as ferrous sulfate in humans. Thus, biofortification to breed crops with high ferritin content is a promising strategy to alleviate the global iron deficiency problem. Although ferritin is present in all food crops, its concentration varies between species and varieties. Therefore, a successful ferritin biofortification strategy requires a meth...

Method development for the quantification of ferritin in staple food crops

Biofortification is a strategy for combating iron deficiency that involves the selectivebreeding of food crops to increase total bioavailable iron. Evidence showing ferritin as agood source of bioavailable iron has created interest for enhancing ferritin content in seeds.However, the successful implementation of ferritin biofortification requires a method torapidly measure ferri...

Biofortification of Staple Food Crops: Six Questions

More than half the world’s population suffers from micronutrient malnutrition. Biofortification of staple food crops is a new public health approach to control vitamin A, iron, and zinc deficiencies in poor countries. Biofortification is the development of micronutrient‐dense staple crops using traditional breeding practices and modern biotechnology. It has multiple advantages: it capitalizes o...

Agronomic Approaches to Increasing Zinc Concentration in Staple Food Crops

Breeding for micronutrients in staple food crops from a human nutrition perspective.

Over three billion people are currently micronutrient (i.e. micronutrient elements and vitamins) malnourished, resulting in egregious societal costs including learning disabilities among children, increased morbidity and mortality rates, lower worker productivity, and high healthcare costs, all factors diminishing human potential, felicity, and national economic development. Nutritional deficie...