Claim · model-written summary
G. kola seeds lost water at every relative humidity tested.
- Taxon
- G. kola
Garcinia kolae0 - Organ / stage
- Seed samplese0
- Outcome
- lost water(desorption)e0
- Direction
- loste0
- Value
- 58%e0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seed samples of G. kola, placed at all relative humidities chambers, lost water(desorption) as the initial water content of 58% was very high”
Title
Water Sorption Isotherm Characteristics of Seeds of Six Indigenous Forest Tree Species in Ghana
NS Olympio; JM Asomaning; M Sacande West African Journal of Applied Ecology 2011. doi:10.4314/wajae.v18i1.70312
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation E. angolense seeds reached equilibrium in 13 days.
- Observation G. kola seeds reached equilibrium in 91 days.
- Observation T. superba seeds showed a sigmoidal moisture-content versus humidity relationship.
- Observation T. ivorensis seeds showed a sigmoidal moisture-content versus humidity relationship.
- Observation M. altissima seeds showed a sigmoidal moisture-content versus humidity relationship.
- Observation E. angolense seeds showed a sigmoidal moisture-content versus humidity relationship.
- Observation K. anthotheca seeds showed a sigmoidal moisture-content versus humidity relationship.
- Observation G. kola seeds showed a reversed sigmoid isotherm, like orthodox species rather than a monotonic curve.
- Association Seed moisture content increased with relative humidity.
- Observation Other species seeds either lost or absorbed water depending on ambient relative humidity.