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Figure 6
Microscopy evidence for ancient malting. These 3000-year-old starch granules from residue similar to that shown in Figure 5 are heavily pitted. Precisely the same pattern of starch granule pitting is seen on modern starch granules which come from malted grain. Enzymes break down the starch in this characteristic way. The scale at lower right is 10 micron. |