Development of Visualization Technique for Three-Dimensional Distribution of Protein and Starch in a Brown Rice Grain Using Sequentially Stained Sections

Food Science and Technology Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 176-178

  Ogawa, Yukiharu ^a   Sugiyama, Junichi ^a   Kuensting, Heinrich ^a   Ohtani, Toshio ^a   Hagiwara, Shoji ^a   Kokubo, Mitsunori ^b   Kudoh, Ken Ichi ^c   Higuchi, Toshiro ^c  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Toshiba Machine Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D; Distribution; Protein; Rice; Section; Staining; Starch

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000821516     PISSN: 13446606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.6.176     Document Type: Article

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