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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Workflow for the Quantification of Soluble and Insoluble Carbohydrates in Soybean Seed.

Ademar Moretti, Cintia L Arias, Leandro A Mozzoni, Pengyin Chen, Brant T McNeece, M A Rouf Mian, Leah K McHale, Ana P Alonso

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Ademar MorettiBioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76201, USA.
Cintia L AriasBioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76201, USA.
Leandro A MozzoniCrop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA.
Pengyin ChenFisher Delta Research Center, University of Missouri, Portageville, MO 63873, USA.
Brant T McNeeceUSDA-ARS, Soybean & Nitrogen Fixation Unit, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
M A Rouf MianUSDA-ARS, Soybean & Nitrogen Fixation Unit, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.
Leah K McHaleDepartment of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
Ana P AlonsoBioDiscovery Institute, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76201, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4696-1811

Funding

United Soybean Board 2020-162-0123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soybean seed composition has a profound impact on its market value and commercial use as an important commodity. Increases in oil and protein content have been historically pursued by breeders and genetic engineers; consequently, rapid methods for their quantification are well established. The interest in complete carbohydrate profiles in mature seeds, on the other hand, has recently increased due to numerous attempts to redirect carbohydrates into oil and protein or to offer specialty seed with a specific sugar profile to meet animal nutritional requirements. In this work, a sequential protocol for quantifying reserve and structural carbohydrates in soybean seed was developed and validated. Through this procedure, the concentrations of soluble sugars, sugar alcohols, starch, hemicellulose, and crystalline cellulose can be determined in successive steps from the same starting material using colorimetric assays, LC-MS/MS, and GC-MS. The entire workflow was evaluated using internal standards to estimate the recovery efficiency. Finally, it was successfully applied to eight soybean genotypes harvested from two locations, and the resulting correlations of carbohydrate and oil or protein are presented. This methodology has the potential not only to guide soybean cultivar optimization processes but also to be expanded to other crops with only slight modifications.

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WorkflowCarbohydratesChromatography, LiquidGlycine maxPlant OilsSeedsSoybean ProteinsTandem Mass SpectrometryCarbohydratesPlant OilsSoybean Proteinscarbohydratescrystalline celluloseGlycine maxmatrix polysaccharideoilproteinsoluble sugarssoybeanstarch

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PMID32825674
PMCPMC7504011

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