Lentil, Lens esculenta

Leek, Allium porrum, 546, 554 Lentil, Lens esculenta, 50 Lettuce, Lactuca sativa, 216,523, 656,... 

This section introduces some factors that can cause complications in calibration model development for grains and seeds. The factors (over 50) that have been listed (1) can exert direct or indirect influence on NIR spectra (and therefore on calibration and subsequent analysis). Most of the examples in this chapter are taken from experience with wheat. Other grains and seeds show great diversity in physical characteristics, but wheat is arguably the most diverse, especially in functionality. Pulses, such as the chickpea Cicer arietinum), lentil Lens esculenta and L. cuUnaris), and faba bean (Viciafaba) show even greater diversity in seed size, shape and color, but are rather less variable than wheat in kernel texture and functionality. 

Hemagglutinating activity in the common lentil (Lens culinaris or Lens esculenta) was first reported by Landsteiner and Raubitschek.439 Several laboratories have since isolated the lentil lectin in pure form, and studied its physical-chemical properties and interaction with carbohydrates.138,142,143,440 442... 

Further work was performed by Dr. Max Wolf, who fotmded the Biological Research Institute in New York City. In some of his studies, cancer cells in close juxtaposition with normal cells woirld take over. After a few days the normal cells would die off and decompose, while the cancer cells kept growing. If an rarzyme solution was introduced, the cancer cells would first start to grow without restraint toward the normal cells, birt woirld then stop growing, and would in turn shrivel and dissolve. The normal cells, however, showed hardly any effect. A mixture prepared from beef pancreas, calf thymus, plus the plant species Pisum sativum (pea). Lens esculenta (lentil), papaya, and the crystalline alcohol mannitol was found to be most... 

Constit. of chick pea seeds (Cicer arieti-num), lentil seeds (Lens esculenta) and other plant spp. in the Leguminosae. 4-Me, 2-0-[a-D-galactopyranosyl-(I ->6)-a-D-galactopyranosyl-(I ->6)-a-D-galac-topyranosidej 6"-0-oi-D-Galactopyra-nosyldceritol [92675-08-6]... 

The lectin of lentil seeds (Lens esculenta Moench) has been dissociated into subunits upon incubation of its solution at temperatures above 50 °C. The dissociation is accompanied by precipitation of the heavy subunit, release of Mn + from the protein, and an almost complete loss of haemagglutinating activity. Addition of Mn + or t>-glucose to solutions of the lectin has a partially protective effect on the dissociation and inactivation. 

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