Rate nephelometric measurement of wheat germ in pasta products.

An immunoassay for the rate nephelometric determination of wheat germ added to pasta products has been developed using a specific wheat germ antiserum. The method can be used to analyze germ from either soft or hard wheat. Specially prepared pasta products and commercial preparations were analyzed with the immunonephelometric method, in comparison with the radial immunodiffusion technique; good correlation was found between the results of the 2 assays.

An immunochemical approach to species relationship in Triticum and some related species.

An immunological reaction, precipitation in gel, was produced using a rabbit antiserum directed to a specific protein constantly present in bread wheats (T. aestivum, genome AABBDD), but absent in durum wheat (T. durum Desf.