title: NMR stray-field analysis of oil drop size distribtuion in peanut cotyledons.
abstract: 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.
authors: The Physics Laboratory, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. k.j.carlton@canterbury.ac.uk
authors: K J
authors: KJ
authors: Carlton
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Halse
authors: A M
authors: AM
authors: Maphossa
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Mallett
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D009821:Oils