Determinación de azúcares reductores en azúcar crudo por el método de Luff-Schoorl
Keywords:
azúcar crudo, azúcares reductores, Luff-Schoorl, raw sugar, reducing sugarAbstract
Se compararon las metodologías Luff-Schoorl (método oficial) y Lane-Eynon (método aceptado) para la determinación de azúcares reductores en azúcares crudos, y se validó la primera para un limitado número de muestras en términos de repetibilidad y recuperación. Los resultados indicaron que los valores obtenidos al analizar las muestras por ambas técnicas no presentan diferencias estadísticamente significativas, aunque para un intervalo de concentraciones entre 0,1% y 1% de azúcares invertidos, aquellos obtenidos mediante Luff-Schoorl fueron 11,5% mayores. Dado que en los ensayos de recuperación de esta metodología se obtuvieron valores mayores a 100%, se propuso una modificación en la determinación del coeficiente de estandarización del reactivo con el fin de corregir posibles desviaciones en el procedimiento ICUMSA GS1-5. Con esta modificación, en el rango de concentraciones 0,1% - 1% de azúcares reductores, los resultados obtenidos por el método de Luff-Schoorl fueron solamente 8% más altos a aquellos obtenidos con la técnica de Eynon-Lane.
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Determination of reducing sugars in raw sugar by the method of Luff-Schoorl
Two ICUMSA methods were compared for determination of reducing sugars in cane raw sugar, viz. the Luff-Schoorl “Official” and Lane-Eynon “Accepted” methods. The former one was validated on a limited number of samples in terms of repeatability and recovery. The two methods produced statistically identical results, although in the 0,1 to 1,0 % reducing sugar range the Luff-Schoorl numbers were 14% higher than those by the Lane Eynon method. The reducing sugar recovery in the Luff Schoorl procedure was on average 106 %. A modification of the standardization procedure was proposed to correct for this apparent bias in the ICUMSA GS1-5 procedure. With this modification, in the 0.1 – 1.0 % range, the Luff Schoorl numbers were only 8 % higher than those obtained by the Lane Eynon method.
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