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ANALYSIS for reducing sugars generally involves oxidation under highly disruptive conditions with an alkaline reagent. As a consequence of the oxidative fragmentation of the sugars, the stoichiometry of the reaction is not simple, and it is necessary to employ closely controlled concentration and temperature conditions1. The interpretation of the results requires the use of extensive empirical tables. Since the reducing equivalence of the various mono- and di-saccharides is not the same, an additional dimension of uncertainty is introduced into the procedure for the analysis of mixtures of reducing sugars.
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Bates, F. J., and Associates, “Polarimetry, Saccharimetry, and the Sugars” 165, (U.S. Gov. Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1942).
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SKELL, P., CRIST, J. A Rapid Gasometric Method of Analysis for ‘Reducing’ Sugars and Other Carbonyl Compounds. Nature 173, 401 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173401a0
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