Distribution of soluble amino acids in maize endosperm mutants

For human nutrition the main source of vegetable proteins are cereal and legume seeds. The content of total soluble amino acids in mature endosperm of wild-type, opaque and floury maize (Zea mays L.) mutants were determined by HPLC. The total absolute concentration of soluble amino acids among the m...

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Main Authors: Toro Alejandro Alberto, Medici Leonardo Oliveira, Sodek Ladaslav, Lea Peter John, Azevedo Ricardo Antunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2003-01-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162003000100014