A simple UV-spectrophotometric method for the determination of vitamin C content in various fruits and vegetables at Sylhet area in Bangladesh

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 388-392

  Rahman Khan, M M ^a   Rahman, Md Mizanur ^a   Islam, M S ^a   Begun, S A ^a  

^a SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Fruits; Sylhet; UV spectrophotometer; Vegetables; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE; ACETIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; BROMINE; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CALCULATION; DRUG DETERMINATION; FRUIT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; OXIDATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 33645365787     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.388.392     Document Type: Article

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