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ROJAS, C. Carola C.; NAIR, Baboo; HERBAS, Adelina  e  BERGENSTAHL, Björn. SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATION OF GLUCOSE, MALTOSE AND SUCROSE IN STARCH OF SIX VARIETIES OF CASSAVA. Rev. Bol. Quim [online]. 2006, vol.23, n.1, pp.18-23. ISSN 0250-5460.

An enzymatic method has been developed to simultaneously determine glucose, maltose and sucrose in tubers The principle of the method is based on an enzymatic cleavage of these disaccharides and specific measurement the resulting glucose using an enzymatic procedure described by Holm ⁽³⁾. The study comprises two parts; the first one includes modifications of the pretreatment method to minimize errors due to ethanol used to precipitate polymeric material interfering with the activity of α-glucosidase and invertase. In the second part the usability of the method has been probed by employing it on six samples of cassava that come from Chapare-Bolivia.

Palavras-chave : Enzymatic hydrolysis; analysis; glucose; maltose; sucrose; Cassava; sugars determination is by using enzymatic.