The Sulphur Response in Wheat Grain and Its Implications for Acrylamide Formation and Food Safety

Free (soluble, non-protein) asparagine concentration can increase many-fold in wheat grain in response to sulphur deficiency. This exacerbates a major food safety and regulatory compliance problem for the food industry because free asparagine may be converted to the carcinogenic contaminant, acrylam...

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Main Authors: Sarah Raffan, Joseph Oddy, Nigel G. Halford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/11/3876