The red coleoptile trait can help monocotyledonous plants withstand stresses, and key genes responsible for the trait have been isolated from Triticum aestivum, Triticum urartu, and Triticum monococcum, but no corresponding research has been reported for Aegilops tauschii. In this research, transcriptome analysis was performed to isolate the candidate gene controlling the white coleoptile trait...

Etiochloroplasts isolated from greening wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv Norin 61) seedlings synthesized a membrane polypeptide of 15 kilodaltons. One-dimensional peptide mapping with Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease revealed that the 15 kilodaltons polypeptide is the subunit 5 of photosystem I reaction center complex.

From leaves of Triticum aestivum a new O-glycosylflavone has been isolated together with chlorogenic acid and its 3'-methyl ether and 6 C-glycosylflavones. The structure of the new flavonoid was determined by 1D and 2D NMR techniques and other spectral evidence as 5,7-dihydroxy-3',4',5'-trimethoxyflavone-7-O-beta-rutinoside.

In vitro assays using recombinant enzymes enabled three cDNAs encoding ent-copalyl diphosphate synthases to be identified in wheat (Triticum aestivum): TaCPS1, TaCPS2, and TaCPS3. The phylogenetic tree and expression analyses suggest that TaCPS3 is responsible for gibberellin biosynthesis, while TaCPS1 and TaCPS2 are possible functional homologs of diterpene cyclase genes OsCPS2 and OsCPS4 invo...

Introduction Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is a main component of the daily diet but can cause three distinct forms of wheat allergy: Baker’s asthma, wheat food allergy and wheat pollen allergy. The panel of wheat allergens is still incomplete. The aim of the study was to identify and characterize wheat allergens for the development of improved diagnostic tests and allergen-specific forms of treatm...

We investigated the composition of the precipitate that forms when wheat-germ lectin derived from Triticum vulgaris is added to serum. A number of serum proteins are precipitated, representing about 2.5% of the total serum protein. This study demonstrates that the interaction of this lectin with the bone isoenzyme of alkaline phosphatase is not specific.

NIGERIAN FOOD JOURNAL, VOL. 25, No. 2, 2007 (www.ajol.info/journals/nifoj) ISSN 0189-7241 Njoku, B. A 1* Banigo, E.O.I2 and Ubbaonu, C.N.2 1Chemistry Department, Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri. 2Department of Food Science and Technology. Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria *Address for correspondence E-mail : [email protected] Physical and chemical characteristics of s...

b-carotene. Moreover, a co-ordinated response involving glutathione reductase activity, thiols and ascorbic The purpose of the present work was to evaluate both acid is triggered to limit free radical dependent effects. oxidative stress and the antioxidant response system in leaves from wheat (Triticum aestivum cv. Buck

Dear Editor, We read with interest the article by Gorelick et al. [1], who assayed the diabetogenic potential of two ancestral wheat landraces (Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccoides and spp. dicoccum), compared to a modern wheat cultivar (T. aestivum) in NOD mice. [...].

Celem przeprowadzonych badań była analiza plonowania i elementów struktury plonu czterech odmian pszenicy ozimej – trzech zwyczajnej (Triticum aestivum ssp. vulgare): ‘Laudis’, ‘Patinas’ ‘Danubius’ jednej odmiany twardej durum Desf.) ‘Lupidur’ oraz jarej dwóch ‘Nawra’ ‘Telimena’ Desf.): ‘Haristide’ ‘Floradur’ uprawianych w systemie rolnictwa konwencjonalnego. Doświadczenie polowe przeprowadzono...