Table 2 Compositional changes in the profile of small water-soluble carbohydrates (SWSC) and non-water-soluble carbohydrates (NWSC) in g/100 g throughout grain development

SWSC

18.7^a

8.1^b

6.7^c

4.0^d

2.6^e

1.7^f

2.0^ef

1.7^f

 GAL

0.05^a

0.03^b

0.03^c

0.02^d

0.02^d

0.02^e

0.01^f

0.01^f

 GLU

4.82^a

2.36^b

1.70^c

1.09^d

0.61^e

0.07^f

0.05^f

0.05^f

 FRU

8.13^a

2.94^b

2.05^c

1.31^d

0.68^de

0.08^e

0.05^e

0.05^e

 SUC

0.09^c

0.09^c

0.09^c

0.05^c

0.06^c

0.59^b

0.72^a

0.68^a

 RAF

0.24^c

0.19^cd

0.13^de

0.08^e

0.13^de

0.38^ab

0.42^a

0.32^b

 STA

0.02^c

0.03^b

0.27^a

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

n.d.

 VER

2.50^a

1.29^b

1.09^c

0.53^d

0.07^e

0.02^e

0.01^e

0.01^e

 MAL

1.49^a

0.65^d

0.92^b

0.58^d

0.76^c

0.32^f

0.44^e

0.31^f

 FOS

1.33^a

0.55^b

0.40^c

0.34^c

0.28^c

0.22^c

0.28^c

0.28^c

NWSC

26.0^c

44.4^bc

69.1^ab

83.7^a

89.4^a

77.6^a

80.2^a

95.3^a

 WU-GAL

0.50^a

0.38^ab

0.25^b

0.37^ab

0.43^ab

0.55^a

0.49^a

0.49^a

 WU-AX

5.99^c

8.32^abc

11.9^ab

12.5^a

9.73^abc

7.90^bc

7.62^bc

7.44^c

 ARA/XYL

1.04^a

0.75^a

0.49^a

0.54^a

0.60^a

0.83^a

0.79^a

0.69^a

 STARCH

19.6^d

35.7^cd

57.0^bc

70.8^ab

79.3^ab

69.1^ab

72.1^ab

87.3^a