title: High-throughput, non-destructive determination of oil content in intact seeds by continuous wave-free precession NMR.
abstract: A new method, based on continuous wave-free precession nuclear magnetic resonance, is proposed as a high-throughput technique for measuring the oil content of intact seeds. The method has the potential to analyze more than 20 000 intact seeds per hour and is shown to be applicable even to mixtures of seeds of different species with similar fatty acid composition.
authors.affiliation: Embrapa Instrumentação AgropecuAria, Rua 15 de Novembro 1452, São Carlos, SP, Brazil 13560-970. colnago@cnpdia.embrapa.br
authors.forename: Luiz Alberto
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Colnago
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Engelsberg
authors.forename: André Alves
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Lúcio Leonel
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Barbosa
mesh_terms: D005227:Fatty Acids; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000032:analysis*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D010938:Plant Oils