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Note on a pepsin‐normal acid digestion for the determination of fibrous residue in herbage
Author(s) -
Ap Griffith G.,
Jones D. I. H.
Publication year - 1965
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.2740161109
Subject(s) - pepsin , hydrochloric acid , residue (chemistry) , chemistry , digestion (alchemy) , chromatography , food science , biochemistry , enzyme , organic chemistry
In the N‐acid fibre determination, a preliminary digestion with pepsin and hydrochloric acid reduces further the N‐content of the fibre and further improves correlation with digestibility.