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Sigma-Aldrich

Total Carbohydrate Assay Kit

sufficient for 100 colorimetric tests

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UNSPSC Code:
12161503
NACRES:
NA.25

usage

sufficient for 100 colorimetric tests

application(s)

cosmetics
food and beverages

detection method

colorimetric

storage temp.

2-8°C

General description

Carbohydrates are the most abundant biomolecules present in all living organisms. Carbohydrates have many functions, as structural components to the cell walls of bacteria and plants, or as energy storage in the form of starch and glycogen. Carbohydrates are also a major component of the human diet. The Total Carbohydrate Assay Kit can be used for measuring carbohydrates in a variety of samples, including food and beverage products.

Application

Total Carbohydrate Assay Kit has been used in the colorimetric measurement of carbohydrates in biological wastewater treatment systems.

Suitability

Suitable for measuring total carbohydrates in adherent or suspension cells, animal and plant tissues and food products, fruit juices & other beverages.

Principle

Total carbohydrate concentration is based on the phenol-sulfuric acid method in which polysaccharides are hydrolyzed and then converted to furfural or hydroxylfurfural. These compounds react with the Developer to generate a chromagen, which can be detected spectrophotometrically at 490 nm.

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Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Dam. 1 - Muta. 2 - Skin Corr. 1B

WGK

WGK 3


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Edgar Augusto Ortiz-Benítez et al.
Metallomics : integrated biometal science, 11(7), 1265-1276 (2019-06-08)
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a causal agent of otitis media, pneumonia, meningitis and severe cases of septicemia. This human pathogen infects elderly people and children with a high mortality rate of approximately one million deaths per year worldwide. Antibiotic-resistance of S.
Colorimetric measurement of carbohydrates in biological wastewater treatment systems: A critical evaluation.
Le C and David C S
Water Research, 94 (2016)
Lianmin Chen et al.
Frontiers in microbiology, 10, 162-162 (2019-02-23)
Background: Megasphaera elsdenii is an ecologically important rumen bacterium that metabolizes lactate and relieves rumen acidosis (RA) induced by a high-grain-diet. Understanding the regulatory mechanisms of the lactate metabolism of this species in RA conditions might contribute to developing dietary
Toshinori Nakagawa et al.
Journal of natural medicines, 72(3), 734-744 (2018-04-22)
Ganoderma lingzhi is a traditional medicinal mushroom, and its extract contains many bioactive compounds. Triterpenoids and polysaccharides are the primary bioactive components that contribute to its medicinal properties. In this study, we quantified 18 triterpenoids, total triterpenoid content and total
Helen O.
Carbohydrates (2003)

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