A survey of β-glucan and arabinoxylan content in wheat

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1298-1303

  Pritchard, Jenifer R ^a   Lawrence, Gregory J ^a   Larroque, Oscar ^a   Li, Zhongyi ^a   Laidlaw, Hunter K C ^a   Morell, Matthew K ^a   Rahman, Sadequr ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

glucan; Arabinoxylan; Survey; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ARABINOXYLAN; BETA GLUCAN; GLUCOSE; STARCH; XYLAN;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CEREAL; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORDEUM; PLANT SEED; POLYPLOIDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WHEAT;

BETA-GLUCANS; CEREALS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FIBER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE; HORDEUM; LINEAR MODELS; POLYPLOIDY; SEEDS; STARCH; TRITICUM; XYLANS;

AEGILOPS TAUSCHII X TRITICUM TURGIDUM; HORDEUM; LAKE VICTORIA MARBURGVIRUS; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79953711998     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4316     Document Type: Article

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