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Pathway of triglyceride biosynthesis during seed ripening
Author(s) -
Mathur J. M. S.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02612946
Subject(s) - lipogenesis , biosynthesis , lipase , ripening , triglyceride , pancreatic lipase , chemistry , botany , biochemistry , enzyme , food science , biology , lipid metabolism , cholesterol
The investigations on the mode of triglyceride biosynthesis during ripening of Solanum indicum, Salvadora persica, Mimusops hexandra, Aegle marmelos and Mesua ferrea seeds, using chromatographic techniques have shown that these fats follow essentially a stepwise mechanism involving the formation of mono‐ and diglycerides as intermediate products. This is in agreement with the general in vitro enzymatic esterification by bacteriolipase, castor bean lipase and pancreatic lipase. The experimental basis of the Quantum mechanism of lipogenesis, postulated earlier for Cocos nucifera and recently for many phanerograms, has been shown to be inadequate and hence the validity of Quantum hypothesis appears to be doubtful.