Reliable and inexpensive colorimetric method for determining protein-bound tryptophan in maize kernels

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 7233-7238

  Nurit, Eric ^a   Tiessen, Axel ^b   Pixley, Kevin V ^a   Palacios Rojas, Natalia ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Quality protein maize; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLORIMETRY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FLOUR; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT SEED;

COLORIMETRY; FLOUR; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; TRYPTOPHAN; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70349193230     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf901315x     Document Type: Article

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