Objective
The presence of glucosinolates (GSL) in rapeseed cake reduces its palatability to farm animals and is associated with interference in thyroid function and with other disorders. The European Community actively encouraged the production of rapeseed varieties having low glucosinolate contents by paying a premium when the GSL content of the seed is less than 35 umol/g. The project was set up to provide rapeseeds with known glucosinolate contents as a means of verifying the various methods used both in oilseed process plants and in the official laboratories. A series of rapeseeds with certified sulphur content was required to provide a common basis for the calibration of a rapid X-ray fluorescence (XRF) method for determination of total GSL. Three rapeseed reference materials (RM) were certified for their total GSL (umol/g) and sulphur (mg/g) contents, respectively, and are as follows:
RM number 366: 12.1(+/-0.8) and 3.41(+/-0.12);
RM number 190: 25.5(+/-0.9) and 4.93(+/-0.15);
RM number 367: 102(+/-3) and 10.5(+/-0.4).
The presence of glucosinolates (GSL) in rapeseed cake reduces its palatability to farm animals and is associated with interference in thyroid function and with other disorders. When the project was initiated, the Community actively encouraged the production of rapeseed varieties having low glucosinolate contents by paying a premium when the GSL content of the seed is less than 35 umol/g. Consequently, there was a need for both rapid and official methods of analysis to ensure correct application of the Community scheme.
The objective of the project was to provide rapeseeds with known glucosinolate contents as a means of verifying the various methods used both in oilseed process plant and in the official laboratories. A series of rapeseeds with certified sulphur content was required to provide a common basis for the calibration of a rapid XRF method.
Fields of science
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.
Topic(s)
Data not availableCall for proposal
Data not availableFunding Scheme
CSC - Cost-sharing contractsCoordinator
5030 GEMBLOUX
Belgium
See on map
Participants (21)
6700 AA WAGENINGEN
See on map
CB4 4GG Cambridge
See on map
L18 8DS Liverpool
See on map
48147 Münster
See on map
38116 BRAUNSCHWEIG
See on map
69390 Vernaison
See on map
1755 ZG PETTEN
See on map
37075 GOETTINGEN
See on map
85764 NEUHERBERG
See on map
24114 KIEL
See on map
24118 KIEL
See on map
NR4 7UA Norwich
See on map
92110 Clichy
See on map
24116 Kiel
See on map
CB3 0LE CAMBRIDGE
See on map
CB3 0LE Cambridge
See on map
2800 LYNGBY
See on map
6700 AE WAGENINGEN
See on map
4000 ROSKILDE
See on map
15 Dublin
See on map
NE1 7RU Newcastle upon Tyne
See on map