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The Relation Between Nicotinic Acid and Carbohydrates in a Series of Maize Endosperm Genotypes

Year: 1948

Type: article

Abstract: It has been shown by Burkholder, McVeigh and Moyer,(1) by Barton-Wright,(2) and by Mather and Barton-Wright(3) that kernels of surgary maize are about twice as high in nicotinic acid as those of starchy maize. In the first-mentioned paper, kernels of a group of sugary strains were reported to average 34.6 micrograms of nicotinic acid per gram of tissue, as contrasted with 20.8 for starchy strains; in the last two papers the averages were 26.2 for sugary strains and 15.8 for starchy.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.34.8.390

Authors: James W. Cameron, H. J. Teas

Institutions: University of California, Riverside, California Institute of Technology, Citrus Research Center and Agricultural Experiment Station

Language: English

Topic: Food Nutrient Composition and Product Development

Subfield: Food Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Yale University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory