Department of Plant Sciences, Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.
Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2011 Apr;22(2):252-9. doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.11.006. Epub 2010 Dec 6.
Vegetable oils have historically been a valued commodity for food use and to a lesser extent for non-edible applications such as detergents and lubricants. The increasing reliance on biodiesel as a transportation fuel has contributed to rising demand and higher prices for vegetable oils. Biotechnology offers a number of solutions to meet the growing need for affordable vegetable oils and vegetable oils with improved fatty acid compositions for food and industrial uses. New insights into oilseed metabolism and its transcriptional control are enabling biotechnological enhancement of oil content and quality. Alternative crop platforms and emerging technologies for metabolic engineering also hold promise for meeting global demand for vegetable oils and for enhancing nutritional, industrial, and biofuel properties of vegetable oils.
植物油在历史上一直是一种有价值的商品，用于食品用途，在较小程度上也用于非食用用途，如清洁剂和润滑剂。生物柴油作为运输燃料的日益依赖导致了植物油需求的增加和价格的上涨。生物技术提供了许多解决方案，以满足对经济实惠的植物油以及用于食品和工业用途的脂肪酸组成得到改善的植物油的不断增长的需求。对油籽代谢及其转录控制的新认识使生物技术能够提高油含量和质量。替代作物平台和新兴代谢工程技术也有望满足全球对植物油的需求，并提高植物油的营养、工业和生物燃料特性。
