Efficiency improvements on ninhydrin method for amino acid quantification

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 112-117

  Sun, Shih Wen ^a   Lin, Yi Cheng ^a   Weng, Yih Ming ^a   Chen, Min Jane ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amino acid quantification; Ninhydrin method

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744434033     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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