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A novel barley cultivar (Himalaya 292) with a specific gene mutation in starch synthase IIa raises large bowel starch and short-chain fatty acids in rats.
The Journal of nutrition - 1 Apr 2004
Bird Anthony R, Flory Corinna, Davies Debra A, Usher Sylvia, Topping David L
Abstract excerpt
Himalaya 292 (Hordeum vulgare, var. himalaya 292) is a novel, hull-less barley cultivar with a single nucleotide change in the gene encoding starch synthase IIa (EC 2.4.1.21). This leads to loss of enzyme activity, resulting in a grain with less total starch and a higher proportion of amylose. These changes, plus higher total and soluble nonstarch polysaccharides (NSP), could increase its resistant starch (RS)...
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