VÍCTOR PANZA1,2, DARIO PIGHIN3, VERÓNICA LÁINEZ2, RICARDO J. POLLERO4, SARA MALDONADO1,2,*
BIOCELL, Vol.33, No.2, pp. 99-106, 2009, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2009.33.099
Abstract Comparative studies on fatty acid and protein composition of the endosperm and embryo of palmito (Euterpe edulis Martius) were conducted using gas-liquid chromatography and sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. On a dry weight basis, the embryo contained extremely lower amounts of lipids and proteins than did the endosperm, which was associated with the scarce lipid and protein bodies previously reported in axis and cotyledon. The fatty acid composition also exhibited differences between both tissues: (I) the fatty acid diversity was greater in embryo than in endosperm; (II) embryo and endosperm contained predominantly linoleic, palmitic, oleic and stearic acids even though… More >
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