Distribution of seed protein fractions and amino acids in different anatomical parts of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.)
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Distribution of seed protein fractions and amino acids in different anatomical parts of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.)
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Singh, U
Jambunathan, R |
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Pigeonpea
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Studies on protein fractionation in seed coat, embryo, cotyledons and whole seed were made to observe th e differences, if any, between chickpea and pigeonpea. Results indicated th a t globulin was the major fraction o f embryo and cotyledons o f these legumes. Seed-coat nitrogen was observed to be mostly comprised o f nonprotein nitrogen and glutelin fractions and thus differed from other components in both chickpea and pigeonpea. The albumin fraction o f cotyledons o f both crops had the highest concentration o f sulphur amino acids, methionine and cystine. Glutelin contained a considerably higher concentration o f methionine and cystine than did globulin in chickpea and pigeonpea. This suggests th a t lines with higher glutelin should be identified to improve their protein quality. The amino acid compositions o f different seed components did not show large differences between these two pulse crops. |
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Martinus Nijhoff / Dr W. Junk Publishers
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1982
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Article
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application/pdf
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en
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http://oar.icrisat.org/6658/1/Qual%20Plant%20Foods%20Hum%20Nutr_31_347-354_1982.pdf
Singh, U and Jambunathan, R (1982) Distribution of seed protein fractions and amino acids in different anatomical parts of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.). Qualitas Plantarum Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 31 (4). pp. 347-354. ISSN 0377-3205 |
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