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Carbohydrate Analysis

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show Main source of energy, dietary fiber, provides stability properties, sugar lowers water activity.  
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Define total carbohydrate.   show
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Define other carbohydrate.   show
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show False  
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T or F: Total carbohydrate is always calculated, never measured.   show
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show 1. Dry sample 2. Grind sample to powder 3. Extract lipids via Soxhlet extractor  
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80% hot ethanol can be used to extract ____.   show
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What method is used to determine total carbohydrate?   show
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In _____ method, carbohydrates are heated in the presence of furan, which condenses with phenol to form compounds quantified with a spectrophotometer.   show
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Name three colorimetric methods for reducing sugar analysis.   show
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show cupric, cuprous  
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show Carrez treatment  
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show Emulsions are broken, proteins precipitated, and colors absorbed; suspension is filtered and used in assay.  
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show Fructose, glucose  
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Give two examples of oligosaccharides.   show
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Give two examples of polysaccharides.   show
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Give three advantages to enzymatic methods.   show
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show May have interfering compounds, not always 100% specific  
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Name two methods for mono- and oligo- saccharide analysis.   show
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____ can be analyzed by enzymatic methods, degree of gelatinization, or degree of retrogradation.   show
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show Starch is converted in D-glucose by enzymes, and then D-glucose is quantified enzymatically; glucose oxidase, peroxidase.  
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show Amylases must be pure, not quantitative for high-amylose starch.  
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_____ enzyme is used to determine degree of starch gelatinization and retrogradation.   show
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show Saponify with NaOH then acidify/precipitate with calcium then weigh pectin; spectrophometric methods  
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Define dietary fiber.   show
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T or F: Dietary fiber includes monosaccharides.   show
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Name two types of soluble fiber and what foods it is found in.   show
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show Cellulose, ligin; wheat bran and whole grains  
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T or F: Crude fiber is not used for human food.   show
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What is the advantage to the AOAC method for total dietary fiber?   show
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show Time consuming, overestimates fiber content in foods with simple sugars  
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show Microscopy, mass spectroscopy, specific gravity, refractometry  
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