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EnglishStarch is the most important long-term reserve in trees, and the analysis of starch is therefore useful source of physiological information. Currently published protocols for wood starch analysis impose several limitations, such as long procedures and a neutralization step. The high-throughput standard protocols for starch analysis in food and feed represent a valuable alternative. However, they have not been optimised or tested with woody samples. These have particular chemical and structural characteristics, including the presence of interfering secondary metabolites, low reactivity of starch, and low starch content. In this study, a standard method for starch analysis used for food and feed (AOAC standard method 996.11) was optimised to improve precision and accuracy for the analysis of starch in wood. Key modifications were introduced in the digestion conditions and in the glucose assay. The optimised protocol was then evaluated through 430 starch analyses of standards at known starch content, matrix polysaccharides, and wood collected from three organs (roots, twigs, mature wood) of four species (coniferous and flowering plants). The optimised protocol proved to be remarkably precise and accurate (3%), suitable for a high throughput routine analysis (35 samples a day) of specimens with a starch content between 40 mg and 21 mg. Samples may include lignified organs of coniferous and flowering plants and non-lignified organs, such as leaves, fruits and rhizomes.
Evaluation of a high throughput starch analysis optimised for wood / C. Bellasio, A. Fini, F. Ferrini. - In: PLOS ONE. - ISSN 1932-6203. - 9:2(2014 Feb), pp. e86645.1-e86645.11.
| Titolo: | Evaluation of a high throughput starch analysis optimised for wood | |
| Autori: | FINI, ALESSIO (Secondo) | |
| Parole Chiave: | Flowers; Glucose; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Hydrolysis; Plant Leaves; Plant Roots; Plant Shoots; Polysaccharides; Reproducibility of Results; Starch; Trees; Wood; Medicine (all); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all); Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) | |
| Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore AGR/03 - Arboricoltura Generale e Coltivazioni Arboree | |
| Data di pubblicazione: | feb-2014 | |
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| Tipologia: | Article (author) | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086645 | |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su periodico |
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