Melamine and cyanuric acid do not interfere with Bradford and Ninhydrin assays for protein determination

Food Chemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 912-917

  Field, Anjalie ^a   Field, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adulteration; Food safety; Melamine; Protein assay; Toxin

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CYANURIC ACID; DYE; MELAMINE; NINHYDRIN;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BRADFORD ASSAY; CAT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAIRY PRODUCT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SAFETY; MILK; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NINHYDRIN ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77649182179     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.01.018     Document Type: Article

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