Photometric starch-iodine determination in plant materials as influenced by ascorbic acid. Critical remarks

Following the work of Sharma et al. (1990) on the interference of ascorbic acid (AA) with starch-iodine reaction, the present authors repeated it, giving a proper explanation of the influence of AA in this reaction. AA oxidizes iodine-iodide (I-KI) reagent which makes impossible to form the blue com...

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Main Authors: Bogusław Samotus, Elżbieta Doerre, Adam Świderski, Andrzej Ścigalski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polish Botanical Society 2014-01-01
Series:Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae
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Online Access:https://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/1082