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Note on the pre‐treatment of herbage samples for determination of soluble carbohydrate constituents
Author(s) -
Jones D. I. H.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740130203
Subject(s) - asparagus , carbohydrate , food science , chemistry , botany , biology , biochemistry
The effect of oven‐drying on the reducing and non‐reducing sugars and on fructosan in asparagus, kale leaves and in five herbage grasses has been investigated. Values for total sugars in the dried material mere lower than in the fresh, while fructosan was higher in the dried samples.