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Efficiency of water for extraction of total nonstructural carbohydrates from plant tissue
Author(s) -
Smith Dale
Publication year - 1971
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.2740220904
Subject(s) - extraction (chemistry) , starch , amylose , legume , water extraction , carbohydrate , residue (chemistry) , chemistry , sorghum , plant tissue , food science , botany , agronomy , biology , chromatography , biochemistry
Water extraction of grass and legume tissue did not remove all of the nonstructural carbohydrate. Most of the starches remained in the water‐extracted residue, except in com and sorghum where the starch is largely water‐soluble amylose.