Laura Perez

Publications

• Genetic improvement of tomato by targeted control of fruit softening
• Metabolic engineering of astaxanthin biosynthesis in maize endosperm and characterization of a prototype high oil hybrid.
• The olive leaf extract exhibits antiviral activity against viral haemorrhagic septicaemia rhabdovirus (VHSV).
• The Formation and Sequestration of Nonendogenous Ketocarotenoids in Transgenic Nicotiana glauca.
• Annotation and functional assignment of the genes for the C30 carotenoid pathways from the genomes of two bacteria: Bacillus indicus and Bacillus firmus.
• The application of metabolite profiling to Mycobacterium spp.: determination of metabolite changes associated with growth.
• Combined transcript, proteome, and metabolite analysis of transgenic maize seeds engineered for enhanced carotenoid synthesis reveals pleotropic effects in core metabolism.
• Carotenoids found in Bacillus.
• A novel antioxidant phenyl disaccharide from Populus tremula knotwood.
• A genome-wide metabolomic resource for tomato fruit from Solanum pennellii.
• Functional characterization of long-chain prenyl diphosphate synthases from tomato.
• Biosynthesis of a novel C30 carotenoid in Bacillus firmus isolates.
• The biosynthetic pathway to a novel derivative of 4,4'-diapolycopene-4,4'-oate in a red strain of Sporosarcina aquimarina.
• Analysis of diapocarotenoids found in pigmented Bacillus species.
• A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study of the effect of a combination of lemon verbena extract and fish oil omega-3 fatty acid on joint management.
• Identification and the developmental formation of carotenoid pigments in the yellow/orange Bacillus spore-formers.
• Relationship between the antioxidant capacity and effect of rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) polyphenols on membrane phospholipid order.
• Membrane-related effects underlying the biological activity of the anthraquinones emodin and barbaloin.
• Isolation, characterization and antioxidant capacity assessment of the bioactive compounds derived from Hypoxis rooperi corm extract (African potato)
• Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) diterpenes affect lipid polymorphism and fluidity in phospholipid membranes.
• Differential effects of oleuropein, a biophenol from Olea europaea, on anionic and zwiterionic phospholipid model membranes.
• Determination of piceid and resveratrol in Spanish wines deriving from Monastrell (Vitis vinifera L.) grape variety.