Determination of neutral sugars in soil by capillary gas chromatography after derivatization to aldononitrile acetates

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2665-2669

  Zhang, Wei ^a,b   He, Hongbo ^a   Zhang, Xudong ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c National Field Research Station of Shenyang Agroecosystems   (China)

Author keywords

Aldononitrile acetate; Determination; Gas chromatography; Soil neutral sugars; TFA hydrolysis

Indexed keywords

ALDONONITRILE ACETATE; SOIL NEUTRAL SUGARS; TFA HYDROLYSIS;

DERIVATIVES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; SUGARS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SUGAR;

EID: 34447548805     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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