Immunocytochemical localisation ofpara-coumaric acid in the cell walls of maize stem after rumen microbial degradation

✍ Scribed by Migné, Carole; Prensier, Gérard; Cornu, Agnès; Grenet, Elisabeth

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 511 KB
• Volume: 78
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-5142
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0010(199812)78:4<503::aid-jsfa147>3.0.co;2-0

✦ Synopsis

Immunogold labelling of para-coumaric acid was performed on the base and the top of the apical internode of the stem of Co125 and W401 maize, harvested at anthesis ] 5 days, after incubation in the rumen in nylon bags for 4, 8 and 24 h. The description of labelling evolution during rumen degradation was permitted by the quantiÐcation of the intensity of labelling in four tissues: sclerenchyma, Ðbres (surrounding vascular bundles), xylem and parenchyma. The results are discussed in relation to maize digestibility.

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