关键词: 植酸, 代谢, 研究策略, 玉米

Abstract: Phytic acid is abundant in the seeds of crop especially in maize. Originally, the excellent work of the breeders foucus on the remarkebale reduction of the phytic acid and the increasing of inorganic phosphorus in seeds. While, as indeep research of phytic acid, people have known that this strange compound has irreplaceable function for both plant and animal. Phytic acid is an antinutritional factor, but it is also an important healthy factor for human and animal. For plant, the function of phytic acid is poorly known. Knowledge about its synthesis and its functions is poorly understood yet, since we know its existence early. We must have an accurate knowledge about its synthesis pathway if we want to grasp the right oreintation of the phytic acid breeding. For the past few years, a few researches focusing on the metabolism of phytic acid have been reported. Here, we review the functions of phytic acid and the progress concerning its metabolism research; describe and analyze its pathway in plant, and the four different strategies involved in the studying of phytic acid metabolism. Those strategies would promotes the progerss of the inositol phosphates research in the future.

Key words: phytic acid, metabolism, strategies, maize