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1996

Masters Theses

Food Science

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Analysis Of Free Sugars And Chlorophyll In Spinach From A Local Retail Market, Harvey J. Drews May 1996

Analysis Of Free Sugars And Chlorophyll In Spinach From A Local Retail Market, Harvey J. Drews

Masters Theses

The accuracy (percentage recovery) and precision (coefficient of variation or CV) of extraction and an anion-exchange HPLC method using amperometric detection for measurement of free sugars in spinach were determined. Five samples of fresh spinach leaves were extracted and analyzed by the HPLC method for glucose, fructose and sucrose. Different amounts (0.093 to 0.453% of spinach, wet basis or WB) of each of the latter sugars were added to each of five spinach samples and these spiked samples were analyzed in a similar manner as the unspiked samples. The average percentage recoveries of glucose, fructose and sucrose were respectively, 106.6, …