Optimized Determination of Cystine/Cysteine and Acid-Stable Amino Acids from a Single Hydrolysate of Casein- and Sorghum-Based Diet and Digesta Samples

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3535-3540

  Tuan, Yu Hui ^a,b   Phillips, R Dixon ^b  

^a Sinon Co   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3,3 dithiodipropionic acid; Amino acid analysis; Cysteine; Cystine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009508243     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf970098+     Document Type: Article

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