Claim · model-written summary
Embryo phytic acid increased 6.4-fold as globoids enlarged.
- Taxon
- Cucurbita maxima
Cucurbita maximae0 - Organ / stage
- embryoe1
- Outcome
- embryo phytic acide1
- Direction
- increasee1
- Value
- 6.4-folde1
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cucurbita maxima Duch. cv. Warted Hubbard”
e1“there was a 6.4-fold increase in the embryo phytic acid, which is the main component of globoids”
Title
Irene Ockenden; Marcia West; Jon Domingues; et al. Seed Science Research 2001. doi:10.1079/ssr200058
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Observation Developing embryos increased markedly in weight, size and oil content.
- Observation Phosphorus and potassium peak-to-background ratios in globoids increased slightly after the fourth week.
- Observation Magnesium peak-to-background ratio in globoids remained unchanged.
- Observation The calcium peak-to-background ratio was statistically higher at 4 weeks than in subsequent weeks.
- Observation The zinc peak-to-background ratio in globoids was higher at 4 weeks than at 9 weeks.
- Observation Manganese was detectable in only 18% of globoids at 4 weeks.
- Observation Manganese was not detectable in any globoids at 9 weeks.
- Observation Traces of iron and zinc were found in most globoids at all fruit ages.
- Observation The small globoids of 0.25 μm diameter were most frequent at 4 weeks and absent at 9 weeks.
- Observation The frequency of larger globoids increased progressively from 4 to 9 weeks.
- Observation Whole-embryo P content increased 4.5-fold from the fourth to the ninth week.
- Observation Whole-embryo K content increased 3.3-fold from the fourth to the ninth week.
- Observation Whole-embryo Mg content increased 5.4-fold from the fourth to the ninth week.
- Observation Whole-embryo Ca content increased 3.2-fold from the fourth to the ninth week.