Altering the fatty acid composition of rice
AssigneeCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
InventorsElla Whitelaw, Sadequr Rahman, Zhongyi Li, Qing Liu, Surinder Pal Singh, Robert Charles de Feyter
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Abstract
The present invention relates to rice oil, rice bran and rice seeds which have altered levels of oleic acid, palmitic acid and/or linoleic acid. The present invention also provides methods for genetically modifying rice plants such that rice oil, rice bran and rice seeds produced therefrom have altered levels of oleic acid, palmitic acid and/or linoleic acid. Specifically this is achieved through modulation of Fad2 and/or FatB expression.
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Rice oil obtained from rice grain, the rice oil having a fatty acid composition comprising greater than 60% w/w oleic acid, less than 15% w/w palmitic acid and less than 25% w/w linoleic acid, wherein the ratio of oleic to linoleic acid in the rice oil differs by no more than 5% when compared to the ratio of oleic acid to linoleic acid in the rice grain.
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