An Alternative Procedure for Carbohydrate Analysis of Bananas: Cheaper and Easier

A modification of an experiment previously developed for nutritional or introductory biochemistry courses quantifying the carbohydrate content of ripening banana is reported. Earlier investigations employed either chromatography or a colorimetric assay followed by spectroscopy to measure the increas...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of chemical education 2006-10, Vol.83 (10), p.1543
Hauptverfasser: Davis-McGibony, C. Michele, Bennett, Randall R, Bossart, Arthur D, Deal, S. Todd
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A modification of an experiment previously developed for nutritional or introductory biochemistry courses quantifying the carbohydrate content of ripening banana is reported. Earlier investigations employed either chromatography or a colorimetric assay followed by spectroscopy to measure the increasing concentration of glucose as the banana ripens and included specialized and expensive biochemical equipment such as a refrigerated centrifuge and glass homogenizers. In this article the use of commercially available glucose test strips for home diabetic care is described as a new approach for determining the glucose concentrations in a ripening banana and common laboratory equipment has replaced a few specialized items.
ISSN:0021-9584
1938-1328
DOI:10.1021/ed083p1543