Figure 6

LOX-catalysed linoleate hydroperoxidation and β-carotene bleaching activities. Measurements were carried out on crude extracts from the mature grains of the 18 durum wheat cultivars of the germplasm collection as reported in Methods. The specific activity was expressed as a percentage of the highest values obtained for Matarese taken as 100%. For cultivar abbreviations, see legend to Figure 3B. Data are means of the three field replications ± S.D. (n = 3).