High-throughput, non-destructive determination of oil content in intact seeds by continuous wave-free precession NMR.
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.
Colnago
Luiz Alberto
LA
Embrapa Instrumentação AgropecuAria, Rua 15 de Novembro 1452, São Carlos, SP, Brazil 13560-970. colnago@cnpdia.embrapa.br
Engelsberg
Mario
M
Souza
André Alves
AA
Barbosa
Lúcio Leonel
LL
D005227:Fatty Acids; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000032:analysis*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013997:Time Factors
D005227:Fatty Acids; D010938:Plant Oils