γ-AMINO-BUTYRIC acid has been described as present in the aqueous and alcoholic extracts of a number of plant and animal tissues 1–7. In the course of studies on the nitrogenous constituents of ...

Some 30% of the reserve material in the fenugreek seed is galactomannan localised in the endosperm; the remainder is mainly protein and lipid in the cotyledons of the embryo. The importance of ...

Since the cereal endosperm is a dead tissue in the mature grain, β-oxidation is not possible there. This raises the question about the use of the endosperm oil in cereal grains during germination. In ...