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Detection of Corn Starch Irradiated with Low Doses of Gamma Rays Part III . Positive Identification of Malonaldehyde in Irradiated Starch by Isolation and Characterization as the Thiobarbiturate Derivative
Author(s) -
Stewart A. B.,
Winchester R. V.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
starch ‐ stärke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1521-379X
pISSN - 0038-9056
DOI - 10.1002/star.19750270106
Subject(s) - starch , radiolysis , derivative (finance) , chemistry , irradiation , corn starch , gamma ray , nuclear chemistry , radiochemistry , food science , organic chemistry , physics , aqueous solution , astrophysics , nuclear physics , financial economics , economics
Malonaldehyde, not previously identified unequivocally, has been characterized as a radiolysis product of starch. The elemental composition, i.r. and n.m.r. spectra of the thiobarbiturate derivative are identical to these of the same derivative made from authentic malonaldehyde.