NMR stray-field analysis of oil drop size distribtuion in peanut cotyledons.
The technique of stray-field NMR has been applied to the study of an oil-bearing seed. It is found to provide additional information about the smallest size of oil drops within the cotyledon not easily measurable by other methods. A peanut was chosen as a convenient seed to investigate so as to allow comparison with previously published NMR pulsed field gradient data. We find a broad distribution of oil drop sizes ranging from a lower limit of order 0.26 microm up to a maximum of approximately 1.3 microm.
Carlton
K J
KJ
The Physics Laboratory, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. k.j.carlton@canterbury.ac.uk
Halse
M R
MR
Maphossa
A M
AM
Mallett
M J
MJ
D000465:Algorithms; D010367:Arachis / Q000737:chemistry*; D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods*; D018548:Cotyledon / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009821:Oils / Q000737:chemistry*
D009821:Oils