ABSTRACT
Conventional thermal light source has limitations when examination is performed within the cellular dimension due to the limitation from the wavelength of IR light and the aperture size of the instrument. Synchrotron light has led to a further development of IR techniques. The brightness and effective source size of synchrotron radiation make it possible to explore the molecular chemistry within the cellular dimension of a biological tissue. With advanced synchrotron-radiation molecular microspectroscopy, molecular imaging of cereal seeds and cereal products in terms of different chemical functional groups can be carried out. Feed and food processing study; and molecular nutrition, structure and nutrition interaction study of cereal seeds and cereal products can be done with advanced synchrotron-radiation and globar-sourced molecular spectroscopy. In conclusion, the changes in feed molecular structure by microwave irradiation feed processing were associated with the truly absorbed protein supply to ruminant livestock systems.
