1,3-β-glucan quantification by a fluorescence microassay and analysis of its distribution in foods

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3313-3318

  Ko, Yuan Tih ^a   Lin, Yu Ling ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

1,3 Glucan; Aniline blue; Fluorescent spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANILINE; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; DYE; GLUCAN; LENTINAN; PROTEIN; SUGAR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CALIBRATION; CARROT; CELERY; CEREAL; CHEMICAL BINDING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRY WEIGHT; EXTRACTION; FLUORESCENCE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; LEGUME; MUSHROOM; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADISH; TUBER (GENUS); VEGETABLE;

ANILINE COMPOUNDS; BETA-GLUCANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOOD ANALYSIS; GLUCANS; MICROCHEMISTRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BOVINAE; DAUCUS CAROTA; GLYCINE MAX; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 2542497281     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0354085     Document Type: Article

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