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FIA with pulsed amperometric detection (PAD) is used for the determination of metal-binding carbohydrates in plant extracts. Results of direct FIA measurements agree very well with those of corresponding HPLC-PAD analyses. The proposed method is used to determine total carbohydrates in isolated low-molecular-weight fractions of plant roots, which have been obtained after extraction at different pH values. The results are compared with those obtained by corresponding metal determinations (Ca, Mg, Zn, Mn) by AAS and also with constant potential amperometric detection at a copper working electrode. The latter detection mode is more sensitive, but less selective for carbohydrates.
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Received: 12 January 2000 / Revised: 2 March 2000 / Accepted: 4 March 2000
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Weber, G., Messerschmidt, J. Total determination of metal-binding carbohydrates in plant extracts by using FIA with electrochemical detection. Fresenius J Anal Chem 367, 356–358 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160000386
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002160000386