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. 2016 Jan 1;66(1):3–17. doi: 10.1270/jsbbs.66.3

Table 3.

Target of functional metabolites aimed to enrichment in fruit

Compounds Breeding resource (Latin name) Target gene or metabolite
Limonoids Satsuma mandarin (C. unshiu Marc.) UDP-gulcose: limonoid glucosyltransferase
Polymethoxyflavonoids Nou-6 (‘King’ (C. nobilis Lour.) × ‘Mukaku kishu’ (C. kinokuni hort. ex Tanaka)), King (C. nobilis Lour.) Flavonoid O methyltransferases (nobiletin and tangertine from sinensetine)
Hesperisin Satsuma mandarin (C. unshiu Marc.), Hassaku (C. hassaku hort. ex Tanaka) Conversion of rhamoside
Auraptene ‘Aura star’ (‘H·FD-1’ (Hassaku (C. hassaku hort. ex Tanaka) × ‘Hiryu’ (P. trifoliata var. monstrosa)), ‘Banpeiyu’ (C. grandis Osbeck)) Conversion of geranyloxy group
β-cryptoxanthin ‘Tamami’ (‘Kiyomi’ (‘Miyagawa wase’ (C. unshiu Marc.) × ‘Trovita’ orange (C. sinensis (L.) Osbeck)) × ‘Wilking’ (‘King’ tangor (C. nobilis Lour.) × ‘Willowleaf’ mandarin (C. deliciosa Ten.)) Carotenoid biosynthetic genes
Monoterpenes Ponkan (C. reticulata Blanco), sweet orange (C. sinensis (L.) Osbeck) Monoterpene biosynthetic genes