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New insights into globoids of protein storage vacuoles in wheat aleurone using synchrotron soft X-ray microscopy

The combination of high spatial and chemical X-ray microscopy techniques highlights how in situ analysis can yield new insights into the complexity of the wheat aleurone layer, whose precise biochemical composition, morphology, and structural characteristics are still not unequivocally resolved.

COBISS.SI-ID: 6626169

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Quantitative multi-element mapping of ancient glass using a simple and robust LA-ICP-MS rastering procedure in combination with image analysis

The surface of two glass artefacts in mosaic style, probably fragments of conglomerate glass bowls dating back two millennia, was investigated by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Sum normalization was applied to each pixel in the map separately and required a custom source code to process all the data in the tens of thousands of pixels to generate the elemental oxide concentration maps.

COBISS.SI-ID: 4714010

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Speciation of zinc in pumpkin seeds (Cucurbita pepo) and degradation of its species in the human digestive tract

Zn species degradation in the human gastrointestinal tract was investigated. A sequential analytical approach was applied. Water extracts of pumpkin seeds exhibited a specific Zn species fingerprint. Zn species identified in plant extracts were completely decomposed to Zn2+. Antinutrients like phytate might be responsible for reduction of Zn bioavailability.

COBISS.SI-ID: 4179051