Engineered oilseed crop produces high levels of powerful antioxidant
In a major step forward for sustainable pigment production, scientists have successfully engineered the oilseed crop Camelina sativa to produce high levels of astaxanthin—a valuable red antioxidant used to color farmed salmon and shrimp—using plant-derived genes rather than bacterial pathways.
In a major step forward for sustainable pigment production, scientists have successfully engineered the oilseed crop Camelina sativa to produce high levels of astaxanthin—a valuable red antioxidant used to color farmed salmon and shrimp—using plant-derived genes rather than bacterial pathways.
