A new colorimetric assay of tabletop sweeteners using a modified biuret reagent. An analytical chemistry experiment for the undergraduate curriculum

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1676-1678

  Fenk, Christopher J ^a   Kaufman, Nathan ^a   Gerbig Jr , Donald G ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; COPPER; CURRICULA; EXPERIMENTS; METAL IONS; MOLECULES; PROTEINS;

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT; BIURET REAGENT; COLOR CHANGES; COLORIMETRIC ASSAY; COPPER IONS; PROTEINACEOUS MOLECULES;

EDUCATION;

EID: 35148854028     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1676     Document Type: Article

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