A High-Performance Liquid Chromatographic Method for Simultaneous Determination of 21 Free Amino Acids in Tea

Food Analytical Methods

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-75

  Zhao, Ming ^a   Ma, Yan ^a   Dai, Lei li ^a   Zhang, Dong lian ^a   Li, Jia hua ^a   Yuan, Wen xia ^a   Li, Ya li ^a   Zhou, Hong jie ^a  

^a YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Free amino acids; Simultaneous determination; Tea

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TEA;

ACETIC ACID CONCENTRATION; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; FREE AMINO ACIDS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC METHODS; O-PHTHALDIALDEHYDE; PRECOLUMN DERIVATIZATION HPLC; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 84872273822     PISSN: 19369751     EISSN: 1936976X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12161-012-9408-4     Document Type: Article

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