NMR stray-field analysis of oil drop size distribution in peanut cotyledons

Authors
Carlton, KJ Halse, MR Maphossa, AM Mallett, MJD
Citation
Kj. Carlton et al., NMR stray-field analysis of oil drop size distribution in peanut cotyledons, EUR BIOPHYS, 29(8), 2001, pp. 574-578
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01757571 → ACNP
Volume
29
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
574 - 578
Database
ISI
SICI code
0175-7571(2001)29:8<574:NSAOOD>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The technique of stray-field NMR has been applied to the study of an oil-be aring sled. It is found to provide additional information about the smalles t size of oil drops within the cotyledon not easily measurable by other met hods. A peanut was chosen as a convenient seed to investigate so as to allo w comparison with previously published NMR pulsed field gradient data. We f ind a broad distribution of oil drop sizes ranging from a lower limit of or der 0.26 mum up to a maximum of approximately 1.3 mum.