Spectrophotometric determination of urea in sugar cane distilled spirits

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 5211-5215

  Labanca, Renata A ^a   Glória, M Beatriz A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethyl carbamate; Spectrophotometry; Sugar cane spirits; Urea

Indexed keywords

UREA; URETHAN;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BRAZIL; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STANDARD; SUGARCANE;

BEVERAGES; BRAZIL; CALIBRATION; SACCHARUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UREA; URETHANE;

SACCHARUM;

EID: 47849131872     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf800520e     Document Type: Article

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