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Jatropha Metabolomics

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The Jatropha Genome

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Jatropha, Jatropha curcas L., has been used for materials in traditional medicine, and recently its oil in the seed kernel has received much attention as a renewable energy source, biodiesel. Various biological activities such as antimicrobial, insecticidal, and anti-inflammatory have been found in all parts of the plant. Therefore, search for compounds with bioactivities in this plant and also its related species has been conducted for pharmaceutical and agricultural applications. The property of the seed oil has been well characterized. The oil quality meets the standards of the USA and European Union as diesel fuel. A major advantage of the oil production over other oil crops is that the jatropha plant cultivation does not compete with food production as the plant grows well in wastelands. Given the jatropha genome sequences have been determined, a systematic research in conjunction with the analysis of the whole metabolites (metabolome) could be a key for pharmaceutical or agricultural application. This chapter summarizes metabolomics approaches for jatropha, including integration of information of transcriptome and metabolome on jatropha metabolic pathway maps.

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  1. Department of Research & Development, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, 2-6-7 Kazusa-Kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba, 292-0818, Japan

    Daisuke Shibata

  2. Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0192, Japan

    Ryosuke Sano

  3. Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan

    Takeshi Ara

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Shibata, D., Sano, R., Ara, T. (2017). Jatropha Metabolomics. In: Tsuchimoto, S. (eds) The Jatropha Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49653-5_5

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