COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION;AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL VENTURES LIMITED
发明人:
Li Zhongyi,Morell Matthew Kennedy
申请号：
US201013387973
公开号：
US10154632(B2)
申请日:
2010.07.30
申请国别(地区):
美国
年份:
2018
代理人:
White John P.`Gershik Gary J.`Cooper & Dunham LLP
摘要：
The invention provides barley gain comprising a reduced level or activity of starch synthase IIa protein and a starch content of at least 41% (w/w) and methods of producing, identifying and using same. The grain may comprise an amylase content of at least 50%, a β-glucan content of 5-9% (w/w) or greater than 9% (w/w), and/or a fructan content of 3-11% (w/w). The fructan may comprise a degree of polymerization from about 3 to about 12. For example, the plant and grain comprises a sex6-292 allele and/or an amo1 mutation. A food or beverage product, and methods of producing a food or beverage product, comprising obtaining or producing the subject grain and processing the grain to produce the product. Also contemplated are methods of improving one or more indicators of health in a mammal comprising administering a composition comprising the subject barley grain or a product comprising same.
