Analysis of Carbohydrates, Proteins, And Free Amino Acid Content In Pollen Of Some Crop Plants o f the Family Poaceae.

Abstract

The present paper deals with the analysis of carbohydrates, protein, and free amino acid contents in pollen of some
genera of the family Poaceae. The plants under investigation were Pennisetum glaucum Oryza sativa , Sorghum
bicolor , Zea mays , and Triticum species. The biochemical analysis of some crop plants was performed by standard
methods. Detection of carbohydrates was done by the Benedict test, Fehling’s test. and estimation of protein was done
by the Bur ette test, xanthoproteic tests.Amino acids were separated and identified by the thin layer chromatographic
method. Among all the species, the highest number of carbohydrates was found in Oryza sativa . The highest number
of proteinswas found in Pennisetum g laucum , while the highest number of amino acids was found in Sorghum bicolor
(15), followed by Triticum species(14), Zea mays (11), Pennisetum glaucum (11) and Oryza sativa (10). Thus, this
investigation indicates that carbohydrates, proteins and essential free amino acids were present in all examined taxa of
the family Poaceae. It shows that it has nutritional value.