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== Two anatomy issues ==
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==pickling bran?==
Any chance someone could elaborate on the use of bran in pickling? Neither the [[pickling]] nor the [[tsukemono]] articles mention it at all. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Jaddle|Jaddle]] ([[User talk:Jaddle|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Jaddle|contribs]]) 20:40, 29 April 2006 (UTC).</small>
:Rice bran was mentioned as ''nuka'' in the [[tsukemono]] article. I have changed it to "rice bran (''nuka'')" --[[User:163.139.215.193|163.139.215.193]] 15:46, 3 July 2006 (UTC)


I wish that someone knowledgeable (backed up by reliable sources, of course) would clarify these two points:
==Proposed move==
# The [[germ]] grows into a new plant, and the [[endosperm]] feeds the germ. So what is the biological function of the bran? Is it just structural?
''This article has been renamed as the result of a [[wikipedia:requested moves|move request]].'' Please check the redirects. [[User:Hajor|&ndash;''Hajor'']] 2 July 2005 05:42 (UTC)
# According to this article, the bran consists of the [[aleurone]] and [[pericarp]]. But the Aleurone article suggests that aleurone is the outermost layer of the endosperm. Is aleurone in both endosperm and bran, or what?
*[[Bran]] was moved to [[Bran (disambiguation)]]
Regards, [[User:Mgnbar|Mgnbar]] ([[User talk:Mgnbar|talk]]) 13:41, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
*[[Dietary bran]] was moved to [[Bran]]

== Moving ==

I propose to move this page to [[bran]] and move that page to [[bran (disambiguation)]]. &mdash; [[User:Pekinensis|Pekinensis]] 03:11, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

*<s>'''Oppose'''. I understand the logic, but can't support primary disambiguation for an article that consists of only 2 sentences. Figure out how to write a couple paragraphs on dietary bran, and then I'd be willing to take a serious look at whether this usage significantly exceeds the mythological and geographic usages. [[User:Dragons flight|Dragons flight]] 20:57, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)</s> '''Support'''. Thank you for making the page worthy of this. Though I did enjoy reading about [[Bran Castle]] (sometimes called Dracula's Castle). [[User:Dragons flight|Dragons flight]] 18:20, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
** Better now? &mdash; [[User:Pekinensis|Pekinensis]] 19:54, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
*'''Agree''' with move - the length of the current article doesn't change the status of the incoming links, and shouldn't affect where the article is placed. [[User:Sjorford|sjorford]] [[User talk:Sjorford|&rarr;&bull;&larr;]] 22:19, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
*'''Support'''. &mdash; [[User:Knowledge Seeker|Knowledge Seeker]] [[User talk:Knowledge Seeker|&#2470;]] 23:28, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
*'''Support'''[[User:Wood Thrush|Wood Thrush]] 03:08, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

== Bran digestion problems ==

Is anyone aware of any reliable information on problems with ingesting products containing bran? I experience stomach discomfort when eating storebought products with wheat bran, and digestive problems when eating storebought products containing oat bran. Unfortunately I haven't had much luck finding any info on this due to the massive amount of propaganda in support of bran and whole grain foods as health foods. I've heard that phytic acid may be a culprit, and that foods using sprouted grains may remove the phytic acid and alleviate the problem; I've had a little bit of luck buying sprouted grain bread from health stores, but it's expensive and too different from regular bread for my tastes. Thanks. --[[User:HunterZ|HunterZ]] 20:50, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

== Rediculous claim ==

The last sentence in the article couldn't possibly be true: "The capacity of bran to absorb large volumes of water is exemplified in a well known demonstration in which bran packed into a 1 litre container can be made to absorb 1 litre of water without any spillage." This could only be true of all the molecules that make up the bran are able to pack into the unoccupied space in liquid water. I'm going to have to call bullshit on this. Also, the demonstration is not so well known (insofar as nobody in the biophysics graduate group at UC Berkeley seems to have heard of this...) I'll be removing it since a Google search also doesn't seem to bring anything up; although I'd be more than happy to actually observe the demonstration myself! --[[User:Chodges|chodges]] 00:53, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 02:47, 12 February 2024

Two anatomy issues

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I wish that someone knowledgeable (backed up by reliable sources, of course) would clarify these two points:

  1. The germ grows into a new plant, and the endosperm feeds the germ. So what is the biological function of the bran? Is it just structural?
  2. According to this article, the bran consists of the aleurone and pericarp. But the Aleurone article suggests that aleurone is the outermost layer of the endosperm. Is aleurone in both endosperm and bran, or what?

Regards, Mgnbar (talk) 13:41, 18 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]