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2020-04-15Benzyl nitrile: a toxic volatile produced in tea (Camellia sinensis) during the postharvest processAuthor: LIAO Yinyin E-mail: liaoyy@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.9b06436 Online time: 9 January 2020 Recently, under the guidance of Prof. YANG Ziyin, the research group from South China Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences published an article entitled "Biochemical pathway of benzyl nitrile derived from L-phenylalanine in tea (Camellia sinensis) and its formation in response to postharvest stresses" in Journal of Agricultural and Fo...Read More
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2020-04-13Reactivation of a site-specifically integrated transgene independent of copy number or DNA methylationThe long term stability of transgene expression is vital for commercial-scale production of seeds with transgenic traits. However, as an adaptive defense against foreign nucleic acids, gene silencing is likely to occur inevitably in transgenic plants and to influence stability of transgene expression. The mechanism involved in transgene silencin...Read More
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2020-04-13Researchers from SCBG review the different regulatory mechanisms of proteinaceous and non-proteinaceous amino acid formation in teaAuthor: YU Zhenming E-mail: zhenming311@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2018.1552245 Online time: 07 Jan 2019 A recent research paper published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition reviews the regulatory mechanisms for the biosynthesis and metabolism of proteinaceous and non-proteinaceous amino acids in tea (Camellia sinensis).Read More
Tea is the most popular beverage next to water throughout the world, which is attributed to heath benefit func... -
2020-04-10Xinhua news: Researchers use dietary components to reduce cadmium risk in riceChinese researchers have found that several dietary components can reduce the cadmium solubility in the intestinal system .The researchers from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences constructed an invitro gastrointestinal model to assess the influence of 39 dietary components on cadmium bioaccessibility in water or ... Chinese researchers have found that several dietary components can reduce the cadmium solubility in the intestinal system.Read More
Being one of the oldest environmental problems, heavy metal pollution threatens people's health. And the heavy metal cadmium can be contained within the diet and enter the human body.
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2020-04-09Recent El Nino activity enhances growth of Masson pine in South China subtropical forestsAuthor: LI Jingye E-mail: jingye_li@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168192320300411 Online time: 19 February 2020 A greater amplitude and higher mean intensity of the El Nino phenomenon have both been observed in the last few decades. In order to determine how tree growth and recent El Nino variabilities are associated within the East Asia subtropical forest (EASF).Read More
Recently, LI Jingye from South China Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences con... -
2020-03-26Dietary components decrease Cd bioavailability in riceAuthor: ZHUANG Ping E-mail: zhuangp@scib.ac.cn Paper link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01582 Online time: 19 March 2020 A recent research paper published in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry describes an alternative strategy to reduce Cd exposure.Read More
Heavy metal pollution is one of the oldest environmental problems, which is still a serious health problem, especially in some developing countries. Cadmium is a common toxic heavy metal in the environment.... -
2020-03-24Climatic-niche evolution is strikingly similar in plants and animalsAuthor:LIU Hui E-mail:hui.liu@scbg.ac.cn Paper link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1158-x Online time: Mar. 23, 2020 Given the fundamental biological differences in plants and animals, previous research proposed that plants may have broader environmental tolerances than animals but are more sensitive to climate. However, a recent study has found that there are actually “general rules” of climatic-niche evolution that span plants and animals.Read More
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2020-03-17Xinhua news: 12 species selected for tropical coral island recoveryChinese researchers have selected 12 species suitable for tropical coral island recovery, according to a recent research article published in the journal Functional Ecology.Researchers from the South China Botanical Garden of Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a species screening model to select more species that have comparable restoration a...Read More