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Establishment of Cotyledon Reserves in Dicots

Phosphate is stored in the mature seed as phytic acid, which is the hexaphospho-ric ester of myo-inositol —see Chapter 2. This combines with potassium, calcium and magnesium to form the salt called phytin. Accumulation of phytin in cereals is almost exclusively in the aleurone grains of the aleurone layer where it is deposited as a discrete globoid in association with protein. The precise mechanism of phytin deposition and the enzymes involved therein have been little studied and will receive no more attention here. The importance of phytin as a phosphate reserve is discussed in Chapter 6. [Pg.57]

Establishment of Cotyledon Reserves in Dicots 75 Table 3.2. Composition of castor bean seed at various stages of development... [Pg.75]

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