Selected Properties of Araucaria Angustifolia and Araucaria Araucana Seed Protein

Araucaria angustifolia and Araucaria araucana are coniferous trees with large and nutritious seeds. The structure and nutritional properties of the proteins of these seeds were studied. About 70% of the proteins of the gametophyte were soluble in distilled water, although their solubility decreased...

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Autores: Conforti, Paula Andrea, Lupano, Cecilia Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/109779
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/109779
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:ARAUCARIA SEED
PROTEINS
AMINO ACIDS
ARAUCARIA ANGUSTIFOLIA
ARAUCARIA ARAUCANA
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.11
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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Sumario:Araucaria angustifolia and Araucaria araucana are coniferous trees with large and nutritious seeds. The structure and nutritional properties of the proteins of these seeds were studied. About 70% of the proteins of the gametophyte were soluble in distilled water, although their solubility decreased drastically in raw seed flour. The protein components of both araucaria seeds were very similar; the main protein species have molecular weights of 14, 24, and 30 kDa. These proteins have a high nutritional quality, being triptophan the first limiting amino acid.