When Wolffiella floridana, an aquatic angiosperm in the family, Lemnaceae, was grown in axenic culture under continuous light in E medium containing 1.0% sucrose and a micromolar amount of (14)C-labeled myo-inositol (MI), MI was taken up by the growing plants and converted to phytic acid. After 13 weeks in labeled medium during which time there was a 1000-fold increase in fresh weight, 30% of t...

When it was revealed that the equalization of the phosphorus content of cereal grain rations did not equalize their antirachitogenic properties, it appeared probable that cereal phosphorus did not always have the same nutritive value as inorganic P (1). This was proved to be the case with high Ca, low P diets by Bruce and Callow (2). Krieger et al. (3) confirmed these findings with semisyntheti...

Chickpea is a good source of high quality protein, carbohydrates, vitamins (thiamine and niacin), and minerals. However, its use in industry has been limited by variation in composition with cultivar and also the presence of oligosaccharides, trypsin inhibitors, phytic acids, tannin, and haemagglutinin. Different technologies have been studied to eliminate or minimise the undesirable factors in...

BACKGROUND Melasma is acquired symmetric hypermelanosis characterized by light-to-deep brown pigmentation over cheeks, forehead, upper lip, and nose. Treatment of this condition is difficult and associated with high recurrence rates. Chemical peels have become a popular modality in the treatment of melasma. OBJECTIVE To compare the therapeutic efficacy and tolerability of glycolic acid (35%) ...

An investigation has been made of the changes in the major phosphorus containing substances in Avena sativa during the first 8 days of dark germination. The endosperm, roots, and shoots were analyzed separately for acid soluble-P, phytic acid-P, inorganic-P, lipid-P, nucleic acid-P, and protein-P. Phytic acid-P comprised 53% of the total seed phosphate, while the sum of lipid-P, nucleic acid-P ...

Phytic acid (PA), extracted from oilseeds, legumes, cereals, nuts, and pollen by solutions under heating and/or stirring then purified, has shown beneficial health physiological effect...

Phytic acid is an antinutritional compound that chelates P and essential divalent cations such as Fe, Ca, Zn in cereals major staple crops wheat, maize, rice, sorghum. As a result, these cannot be absorbed by monogastric animals or humans: phytic has inhibitory effect on nutrient uptake its levels are negatively correlated with protein starch digestibility. However, can degraded the action of e...

Phytic acid, a hexaphosphoric ester of inositol, is found in all plant seeds examined, in grains as well as in oilseeds, and undoubtedly represents a store of phosphoric acid that is hydrolyzed in sprouting. For this reason green plants never contain considerable amounts of phytic acid. The cleavage in the seed is evidently caused by a specific enzyme called phytase, but other phosphatases from...

Cereal Chem. 82(5):5 17-522 Phytie acid iins'o-inositolI .2.3.4.5.6-hexaki.sphosphate) is the most abundant lorni of phosphorus (P) in cereal grains and is important to grain nutritional qualit y . In [nature rice ( Orv:a rota L) erains, the bulk Of phytic acid P is found in the germ and aleurone layer. deposited primarily as a mixed K/Mg salt. Phosphorus components and minerals were measured i...