Several substances, including glutamine and propionic acid but in particular butyric acid, have been proposed to be important for colonic health. β-Glucans lead to the formation of comparatively high amounts of butyric acid, and germinated barley foodstuff obtained from brewer's spent grain (BSG), containing high amounts of β-glucans and glutamine, has been reported to reduce the inflammatory r...

Abstract The paper presents studies of the enzymatic activity barley grains different varieties. In experiments with varieties malting barley, isoforms amylolytic enzymes was determined at pH = 5.5, 7.0, 8.0 using a phosphate buffer system (1/15 M buffer). in germinated grain after removal sprouts and roots. to determine amylases study action acidic (pH 5.5), neutral 7) alkaline 8) environments...

Kernels of Klages barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) were germinated for 1 to 4 days on moist sand at 18 degrees C. Representative kernels from each time period were dissected to give the following fractions: scutellum, subscutellar endosperm, aleurone-scutellum interface, remaining aleurone, subaleurone endosperm, and core endosperm. These tissues were analyzed for alpha-amylase components by isoelec...

Barley is affected by Fusarium head blight. The mycotoxins produced by F. graminearum affect the grain safety, malting and beer quality. Barley can be irradiated with electron beam radiation to reduce the fungal contamination, but there may be some Fusarium strains which can survive, grow and produce mycotoxins as irradiated barley is malted. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis was...

The artificial germination of plant pollens has met with varying success. As a whole, the pollen of the Gramineae has proved very difficult to germinate. While experiments with the pollen of many plants have resulted not only in ready germination but in satisfactory methods of preserving the pollen for considerable periods of time, the results with many of the Gramineae have been far from satis...

Five plants were examined for their ability to remove nutrients from aquaculture wastewater and suitability as fish feed: alfalfa, white clover, oat, fall rye, barley. The seeds were first germinated in water in a hydroponic system, and the plants were fed wastewater from Tilapia production facility. Clover and alfalfa seeds were infected with fungus shortly after germination, and their roots w...