Submicroscopic Structure of the Cereal Starch Grain

Autor: Clarence Sterling, B. J. Spit
Rok vydání: 1958
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Zdroj: Journal of Experimental Botany. 9:75-81
ISSN: 1460-2431
0022-0957
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/9.1.75
Popis: SUMMARY The submicroscopic structure of the starch grains of Zea mays and Triticum sativum was studied electron-optically from replicas made of internal, fracture surfaces. In corn starch, long cylindrical microfibrils were found, arranged in a radial direction and imbedded in an amorphous matrix. Their diameter was uniformly about 200 A. Microfibrils were also indicated in wheat starch because of the prominence of their ends in surface view. Many microfibrils in corn starch appeared to be helically coiled. The more ordered starch substance was presumed to be localized principally in the microfibrils.
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