Abstract
Protein bodies prepared from defatted soybean flour contained numerous spherical particles 1–3 µ in diameter, plus amorphous material, when examined in a scanning electron microscope. Full-fat and defatted soybean flours contained particles 1–10 µ in diameter. The larger protein bodies apparently disrupted during isolation. The scanning technique is a simple and rapid method for observing the effects of various treatments on subcellular seed particles of this size.
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Wolf, W.J. Scanning electron microscopy of soybean protein bodies. J Am Oil Chem Soc 47, 107–108 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02612949
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02612949