Pushkar Shrestha
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Recent Articles
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Belide S, Shrestha P, Kennedy Y, Leonforte A, Devine M, Petrie J, et al.
Plant Biotechnol J
. 2021 Oct;
20(1):19-21.
PMID: 34694688
No abstract available.
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Yee S, Rolland V, Reynolds K, Shrestha P, Ma L, Singh S, et al.
Plant Direct
. 2021 Sep;
5(9):e343.
PMID: 34514289
Plant oil production has been increasing continuously in the past decade. There has been significant investment in the production of high biomass plants with elevated oil content. We recently showed...
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Petrie J, Zhou X, Leonforte A, McAllister J, Shrestha P, Kennedy Y, et al.
Front Plant Sci
. 2020 Jun;
11:727.
PMID: 32595662
Plant seeds have long been promoted as a production platform for novel fatty acids such as the ω3 long-chain (≥ C) polyunsaturated fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid...
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Gao L, Chen W, Xu X, Zhang J, Singh T, Liu S, et al.
Plant Cell Physiol
. 2020 May;
61(7):1335-1347.
PMID: 32379869
Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA, 18:3Δ9,12,15) and γ-linolenic acid \ (GLA, 18:3Δ6,9,12) are important trienoic fatty acids, which are beneficial for human health in their own right, or as precursors for the...
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Xu X, Akbar S, Shrestha P, Venugoban L, Devilla R, Hussain D, et al.
Front Plant Sci
. 2020 Mar;
11:215.
PMID: 32210994
Potato is the 4th largest staple food in the world currently. As a high biomass crop, potato harbors excellent potential to produce energy-rich compounds such as triacylglycerol as a valuable...
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Xu X, Vanhercke T, Shrestha P, Luo J, Akbar S, Konik-Rose C, et al.
Front Plant Sci
. 2019 Nov;
10:1444.
PMID: 31781148
Triacylglycerol is a major component of vegetable oil in seeds and fruits of many plants, but its production in vegetative tissues is rather limited. It would be intriguing and important...
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Shrestha P, Zhou X, Vibhakaran Pillai S, Petrie J, de Feyter R, Singh S
Int J Mol Sci
. 2019 Jun;
20(12).
PMID: 31234541
Omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3 LC-PUFAs) such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; 20:5ω3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6ω3) are important fatty acids for human health. These ω3 LC-PUFAs are...
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Shrestha P, Hussain D, Mulder R, Taylor M, Singh S, Petrie J, et al.
Front Plant Sci
. 2018 Sep;
9:1234.
PMID: 30186303
Metabolic engineering of the omega-3 (ω3) long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis pathway has generated fish oil-like levels of pharmaceutically and nutritionally important docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in plant seeds. However,...
9.
Hou T, Taylor M, Shrestha P, Singh S, Zhang Z, Zhou X
J Chromatogr A
. 2018 Sep;
1572:100-105.
PMID: 30180990
Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases (LPAAT) play an essential role in generating phosphatidic acid (PA), a key intermediate for phospholipids and triacylglycerol synthesis. The individual members have a diversity of localisation, and...
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Vanhercke T, Belide S, Taylor M, El Tahchy A, Okada S, Rolland V, et al.
Plant Biotechnol J
. 2018 Jun;
17(1):220-232.
PMID: 29873878
Synthesis and accumulation of the storage lipid triacylglycerol in vegetative plant tissues has emerged as a promising strategy to meet the world's future need for vegetable oil. Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)...