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Content of rhodanidogenic glucosides in some Brassica crops
Author(s) -
Josefsson E.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740181011
Subject(s) - thiocyanate , brassica , biology , botany , lamina , horticulture , biochemistry
The method of Aldridge has been used in order to investigate the content of thiocyanate‐yielding glucosides in Brassica crops, and methodological investigations have been made. Variation in thiocyanate‐yielding glucosides was examined in relation to harvest times, different morphological parts of the plant, older and younger parts of the plant, total populations, and individual plants. The content of thiocyanate‐yielding glucosides was highest at an early stage of the growth period and higher in the younger than in the older parts of the plant. In marrow‐stem kale the content was highest in the lamina, and in turnip rape the highest content was in the root, while the differences between the morphological parts of the rape variety were less marked. Evidence is presented that the content of the thiocyanate‐yielding glucosides is partly genetically controlled.