Food Folate Assay with Protease, α-Amylase, and Folate Conjugase Treatments

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 135-139

  Tamura, Tsunenobu ^a   Mizuno, Yasuharu ^a   Johnston, Kelley E ^a   Jacob, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate conjugase; Food folate; Protease; amylase

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI;

EID: 0000423635     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960497p     Document Type: Article

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