Distribution of amylose,nitrogen, and minerals in rice kernels with various characters   总被引：7，自引：0，他引：7  

Itani T  Tamaki M  Arai E  Horino T 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2002,50(19):5326-5332

The distribution of chemical constituents is known not to be even within a rice kernel. To improve the eating quality of rice or to give it some special traits by adjusting the milling intensity, we investigated the distribution of amylose, nitrogen (N), and specific minerals (P, K, Mg, Ca, and Mn) in rice kernels of 11 cultivars with various characteristics cultivated under similar conditions. The distributions of these constituents were determined using flour samples prepared consecutively by abrasive milling from the outer to the inner portions of hulled rice. In all the cultivars tested, N and the minerals were found to be more abundant in the outer than in the inner portion, but amylose was rich in the inner portion. P, Mg, K, and Mn were extremely rich in the outer portion, while N and Ca were only relatively rich there. Koshihikari, which is the most popular cultivar in Japan because of its excellent eating quality, showed the highest Mg/K ratio in the outermost portion of polished rice. The color of flour samples became pure white going from outside portions toward the center of the kernel, even if the sample was from red rice or purple-black rice because only the surface of hulled rice contains pigments. These findings suggest that the outer portion contains various compounds other than starch and the inner portion contains relatively pure starch. Rice palatability and other characteristics can be improved through controlling the degree of milling using the biased distribution of chemical constituents within a rice kernel.  相似文献   

Chemically induced expression of rice OSB2 under the control of the OsPR1.1 promoter confers increased anthocyanin accumulation in transgenic rice     

Kawahigashi H  Hirose S  Iwai T  Ohashi Y  Sakamoto W  Maekawa M  Ohkawa Y 《Journal of agricultural and food chemistry》2007,55(4):1241-1247

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Phytotoxic activity of Chinese violet (Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson) and two phytotoxic substances     

Masahiko Suzuki  M. A. Chozin  Arihiro Iwasaki  Kiyotake Suenaga  Hisashi Kato‐Noguchi 《Weed Biology and Management》2019,19(1):3-8

Chinese violet (Asystasia gangetica (L.) T. Anderson) is a perennial invasive weed belonging to Acanthaceae. Leaves of this weed have been suggested to possess phytotoxic activity. However, phytotoxic substances in this weed have not yet been reported. Therefore, the present study investigated phytotoxic activity of Chinese violet extracts and phytotoxic substances. The extracts of Chinese violet leaves inhibited the root and shoot growth of cress, lettuce, alfalfa, barnyard grass, ryegrass, and timothy, where the level of inhibition increased with increasing extract concentrations. Bioassay‐guided separations of the extracts led to isolation of two phytotoxic substances, indole‐3‐carboxaldehyde and (6R,9S)‐3‐oxo‐α‐ionol. Indole‐3‐carboxaldehyde significantly inhibited the root and shoot growth of cress at concentrations ≥100 and 30 μmol L^?1, respectively, and concentrations of the substance required for 50% growth inhibition were 210 and 127 μmol L^?1 for cress roots and shoots, respectively. The other substance, (6R,9S)‐3‐oxo‐α‐ionol, was reported to have strongly inhibited cress roots and shoots. The present results suggest that Chinese violet contains two phytotoxic substances indole‐3‐carboxaldehyde and (6R,9S)‐3‐oxo‐α‐ionol, and those substances may play an important role in the phytotoxic activity of Chinese violet.  相似文献   

Phenotypic characterization and cultivation conditions of inhibitor-producing fungus isolated from marine sediment     

Katsuhisa Yamada  Chiaki Imada  Masataka Uchino  Takeshi Kobayashi  Naoko Hamada-Sato  Katsumi Takano 《Fisheries Science》2008,74(3):662-669

ABSTRACT:   Tyrosinase inhibitor-producing fungus of Trichoderma sp. strain H1-7, which was isolated from marine sediment, was investigated by phylogenetic analysis and physiological characteristics. Phylogenetic analyses of the strain were similar to Trichoderma atroviride or T. viride . Physiological characteristics of the strain were similar to T. viride , and based on these results, it was identified as T. viride . Characterization of tyrosinase inhibitory activity of a culture supernatant of the strain was investigated. The inhibitory activity of the supernatant of the strain decreased after cultivation for more than 3 days. Furthermore, sea water was not essential for the production of the tyrosinase inhibitor (TI). When TI production of the strain was compared to T. viride , the strain showed higher activity than T. viride . From this result, it seemed that the strain had characteristic features comparable to T. viride , which was isolated from the terrestrial environment. As TI production of the strain showed higher potential than that of T. viride , it is necessary to elucidate the chemical structure of TI exemplified in the present study.  相似文献   

Deep learning-based image-analysis algorithm for classification and quantification of multiple histopathological lesions in rat liver     

Taishi Shimazaki  Ameya Deshpande  Anindya Hajra  Tijo Thomas  Kyotaka Muta  Naohito Yamada  Yuzo Yasui  Toshiyuki Shoda 《Journal of toxicologic pathology》2022,35(2):135

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based image analysis is increasingly being used for preclinical safety-assessment studies in the pharmaceutical industry. In this paper, we present an AI-based solution for preclinical toxicology studies. We trained a set of algorithms to learn and quantify multiple typical histopathological findings in whole slide images (WSIs) of the livers of young Sprague Dawley rats by using a U-Net-based deep learning network. The trained algorithms were validated using 255 liver WSIs to detect, classify, and quantify seven types of histopathological findings (including vacuolation, bile duct hyperplasia, and single-cell necrosis) in the liver. The algorithms showed consistently good performance in detecting abnormal areas. Approximately 75% of all specimens could be classified as true positive or true negative. In general, findings with clear boundaries with the surrounding normal structures, such as vacuolation and single-cell necrosis, were accurately detected with high statistical scores. The results of quantitative analyses and classification of the diagnosis based on the threshold values between “no findings” and “abnormal findings” correlated well with diagnoses made by professional pathologists. However, the scores for findings ambiguous boundaries, such as hepatocellular hypertrophy, were poor. These results suggest that deep learning-based algorithms can detect, classify, and quantify multiple findings simultaneously on rat liver WSIs. Thus, it can be a useful supportive tool for a histopathological evaluation, especially for primary screening in rat toxicity studies.  相似文献   

Occurrence and distribution during the post-settlement stage of two Choerodon species in shallow waters around Ishigaki Island, southern Japan     

Hideaki Yamada  Atsushi Nanami  Itaru Ohta  Kouki Fukuoka  Taku Sato  Masato Kobayashi  Narisato Hirai  Masayuki Chimura  Yuichi Akita  Yuuki Kawabata 《Fisheries Science》2012,78(4):809-818

The recruitment patterns of black-spot tuskfish Choerodon schoenleinii were compared with those of orange-dotted tuskfish (OT) C. ancholago. Individuals at the settlement and juvenile stages were collected using a push net in the intertidal zone and a seine net in seagrass beds. Relative values of standard length to total length (TL) for the two Choerodon species indicated an inflection point at approximately 10?C20?mm TL, suggesting that both species complete metamorphosis at a similar size. However, their temporal and spatial occurrence patterns were distinct. Newly settled individuals (postflexion stage) of black-spot tuskfish were collected mainly within foliage of Sargassum plants of the intertidal zone around March?CApril, while those of OT occurred in both the intertidal zone and seagrass beds mainly in May and June. In seagrass beds, the abundances of both species increased from May or June; however, the TL of black-spot tuskfish was bigger than that of OT. Therefore, black-spot tuskfish progressively migrate to seagrass beds after settling and completing metamorphosis in the intertidal zone, indicating that they utilize two different habitats as nursery grounds. Early spawning and migration from the intertidal zone by this species contributed to the occurrence of relatively large individuals in seagrass beds.  相似文献   

Otolith development and daily increment formation in laboratory-reared larval and juvenile black-spot tuskfish <Emphasis Type="Italic">Choerodon schoenleinii</Emphasis>     

Hideaki Yamada  Masayuki Chimura  Kimio Asami  Taku Sato  Masato Kobayashi  Atsushi Nanami 《Fisheries Science》2009,75(5):1141-1146

Microstructures of lapilli were examined for reared larvae and juveniles of black-spot tuskfish Choerodon schoenleinii. Lapilli of larvae at 1 day after hatching have one diffuse and obscure ring with an otolith radius of 4.3 ± 0.50 μm (mean ± SD, N = 8). The slope and intercept of the regression between the number of days after hatching and increment counts did not differ significantly from one and zero, respectively, indicating that lapillus increments were formed on a daily basis after hatching. There was an ontogenetic shift in the relative values of somatic and otolith growth, which corresponded to the transition from pelagic larvae to settlement stage. Simultaneously, the daily increment width reached the maximum value. These findings suggest that age at maximum value of increment width can be used as an indicator of the planktonic larval duration while settlement mark is not found. Since ontogenetic shift in the relationship between otolith radius and body size was observed, back-calculation of somatic growth in black-spot tuskfish using the otolith radius during the early life stages should be analyzed with caution, and the method requires further validation.  相似文献   

Behaviour of nutrients released from crystalline minerals of artificial potassium silicate fertilizer and their supply to the Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)     

Shin Hirata  Masahiko Katoh 《Soil Use and Management》2022,38(3):1403-1415

Artificial potassium silicate fertilizer (PSF) is a typical slow-release potassium fertilizer. However, the exact minerals that are released by PSF and the nutrients that are made available to plants remain unclear. This study quantitatively investigated the behaviour of nutrients released from PSF by the batch-release test and their supply to plants by the plant growth tests, respectively, to determine the quantitative relationship between nutrients released from PSF and taken up by the plant. X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis showed that kalsilite, åkermanite, and potassium–magnesium silicate were the most abundant crystalline minerals in PSF. The XRD peaks of åkermanite and potassium–magnesium silicate were absent after citric acid extraction at a liquid/solid ratio of 20 to 100 (CA20 and CA100). Magnesium-use efficiencies in PSF (11%) and residue treatments after ammonium acetate extraction (AC, 10%) were higher than those in residue treatments after CA20 (1.8%) and CA100 (6.0%). Potassium (%) released by AC in the batch-release test (4.5%) was compatible with the difference of potassium-use efficiencies between the treatments of PSF (21%) and the AC-residue (16%). Likewise, potassium (%) released by CA20 (8.8%) was lower than the difference of potassium-use efficiencies between the treatments of PSF (21%) and CA20-residue (7.9%). This study suggests that potassium is rapidly released from potassium–magnesium silicate in PSF and is readily available to plants.  相似文献