Title: Isolation and purification of A-type and B-type starch granules in wheat endosperm.
Abstract:Wheat endosperm contains two types of starch granules,large and small type starch granules.Large starch granule was called A-type granule with diameter more than 10 μm whereas small one was regarded a...Wheat endosperm contains two types of starch granules,large and small type starch granules.Large starch granule was called A-type granule with diameter more than 10 μm whereas small one was regarded as B-type granule with diameter less than 10 μm.Besides,A-type was disc-or lenticular-shaped and B-type was spherical or polygonal morphology.In order to accurately figure out the mechanism of wheat starch granule formation,chemical composition,physical and chemical properties,a suit of methods towards isolation and purification of A-type and B-type granules were studied to improve primary scholars' research methods.This method achieved significant effects under macromethod and reached very significant effects under micromethod through the tests to four different quality wheat cultivars.The results showed that the purity quotient of A-type granule was positive correlated with starch content in wheat,while the purity quotient of B-type granule was negative correlated with starch content,and the ratio of either type granule was hardly interrelated with wheat starch contents.Read More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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