New technique reduces nicotine levels, harmful compounds simultaneously in tobacco ANI | Updated: Jul 13, 2021 09:08 IST
Washington [US], July 13 (ANI): North Carolina State University researchers have developed a new technique that can alter plant metabolism. Tested in tobacco plants, the technique showed that it could reduce harmful chemical compounds, including some that are carcinogenic.
The findings published in the Journal of Advanced Research could be used to improve the health benefits of crops. A number of techniques can be used to successfully reduce specific chemical compounds, or alkaloids, in plants such as tobacco, but research has shown that some of these techniques can increase other harmful chemical compounds while reducing the target compound, said De-Yu Xie, professor of plant and microbial biology at NC State and the corresponding author of a paper describing the research.
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