Cell wall porosity and available surface area of wheat straw and wheat gram fractions

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 289-295

  Chesson, Andrew ^a   Gardner, Peter T ^a   Wood, Timothy J ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Digestibility; Enzymatic degradation; Gas adsorption; Mercury porosimetry; Porosity; Surface area; Triticum aestivum; Wheat grain; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030727557     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(199711)75:3<289::AID-JSFA879>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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