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Genetically modified organisms in food [electronic resource] : production, safety, regulation and public health / Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy.

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Genetically Modified Organisms in Food focuses on scientific evaluation of published research relating to GMO food products to assert their safety as well as potential health risks. This book is a solid reference for researchers and professionals needing information on the safety of GMO and non-GMO...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ScienceDirect)
Main Authors: Watson, Ronald R. (Ronald Ross) (Author), Preedy, Victor R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier Science, 2016.
Subjects:
Genetically modified foods > Production standards.
Genetically modified foods > Safety regulations.
Genetically modified foods > Health aspects.
Electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • ""Front Cover""; ""Genetically Modified Organisms in Food""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""SECTION I: DEVELOPMENT, TESTING AND SAFETY OF PLANT AND ANIMAL GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS AS FOODS""; ""SECTION II: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT OF GMO FOODS""; ""SECTION III: GOVERNMENT REGULATION AND LITIGATION FOR GMO FOODS""; ""SECTION IV: ROLE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS IN INCREASING THE FOOD SUPPLY IN THE DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES""
  • ""SECTION V: POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS, ACCEPTANCE AND RISKS DUE TO INCORPORATION OF NOVEL PLANT GENE PRODUCTS INTO THE FOOD SUPPL ... """"SECTION VI: SAFETY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS""; ""SECTION VII: DEMAND AND USES OF NON-GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS, AND GMOâ€?S FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Section I
  • Development, Testingand Safety of Plant and Animal GMO foods""; ""Chapter 1
  • Soybean as a Food Source: Comparative Studies Focusing on Transgenic and Nontransgenic Soybean""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SOME COMMENTS ABOUT TRANSGENIC SOYBEANS""
  • ""COMPARATIVE STUDIES INVOLVING TRANSGENIC AND NONTRANSGENIC SOYBEAN SEEDS OR PLANTS""""TRENDS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2
  • Genetically Modified Crops: Biosafety Regulations and Detection Strategies""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BIOSAFETY MEASUREMENT""; ""LABELING ISSUES""; ""BT GENE AND STACKED TRAITS""; ""DETECTION STRATEGIES""; ""PCR AND REAL-TIME PCR""; ""BIOSENSORS""; ""PROTEIN-BASED DETECTION""; ""IMMUNOASSAYS""; ""IMMUNOSTRIP""; ""IMMUNO-PCR""; ""FUTURE PROSPECTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""WEBSITE REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3
  • Genetically Modified Food Animals: An Overview""
  • ""INTRODUCTION""""GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS""; ""APPLICATIONS OF TRANSGENIC ANIMALS""; ""CONCERNS""; ""FUTURE DIRECTIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4
  • Genetically Modified Aubergine (Also Called Brinjal or Solanum melongena)""; ""GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF BRINJAL""; ""BIOCHEMICAL AND NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES""; ""INSECT PESTS OF BRINJAL""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF INSECT-RESISTANT BT-BRINJAL""; ""FRUIT AND SHOOT BORER MANAGEMENT IN BT-BRINJAL""; ""FUNGAL-RESISTANT DM-AMP1-AUBERGINE PLANTS""; ""DETECTION OF BT-BRINJAL""; ""CURRENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF INDIA FOR RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY""
  • ""FOOD SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF BT-BRINJAL""""ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF BT-BRINJAL""; ""COMMERCIALIZATION OF BT-BRINJAL""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5
  • Nutritional Assessment of Genetically Modified Crops Using Animal Models""; ""CROP COMPOSITION, NUTRITIONAL CONTEXT, AND THE SUITABILITY OF ANIMAL STUDIES""; ""HISTORY OF ANIMAL STUDIES FOR NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS""; ""REGULATORY ASSESSMENTS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 6
  • Noncoding RNA-Based Genetically Modified Crops: Concepts and Challenges""; ""INTRODUCTION""
  • Contents note continued: 33. Food from Genetically Engineered Plants: Tomato with Increased β-Carotene, Lutein, and Xanthophylls Contents / Giovanni Giorio
  • Introduction
  • Legislation in the United States of America and the European Union
  • Genetically Engineered Crop Cultivation in the World
  • Genetically Engineered Food and Feed in the EU
  • The Pros and Cons of Extant and Future Genetically Engineered Plants
  • Genetically Engineered Food from Tomato
  • Genetics, Breeding, and Nutritional Aspects of Tomato
  • Carotenoid Metabolism in Tomato
  • Carotenoids Metabolic Engineering in Tomato
  • Overcoming the Developmental Block of Lycopene Cyclases
  • Stacking of Cyclase Transgenes: The CD Line (HighCaroxHighDelta)
  • Boosting the Hydroxylation of β-lonone Rings
  • Carotenoid Composition and Nutritional Values of Transgenic Tomatoes
  • Final Comments
  • References.

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