Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1990, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (8): 822.

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The Application of FIA with Air-Bubbles Sandwich ( I ) ——The Determination of Total Amount of a-Amino Acids in Tea

Xu Yiyun, Sun Xiaoping, Wu Qiaozhen, Tian Liqing(Tian Li-ching)   

  1. Center uf Modem Chemiucal Analysis, Nanjing University, Nanjing
  • Received:1989-02-28 Online:1990-08-24 Published:1990-08-24

Abstract: The method of sample sandwiched between two air bubbles in FIA was used to determine the a-amino acids in tea. The hydra ted ninhydrin solution was added as a colour reagent and N2H4SO4 as a reductant. The use of N2H4SO4 instead of SnCl2 can accelerate the colour reaction and a higher sensitivity can be obtained. The detection limit can drop to 5 mg/La-amino acid. The reaction was carried out at 90 ℃ and the reaction time is reduced to 5 min. A small amount of TritonX-100 surfactant is used to keep the solution from depositing,thus a better reproducibility and a stable baseline can be obtained. In the measurement,the sampling frequency is 80 samples/h,the standard recovery is 97~106%, the related coefficient is about 0. 999 and the average relative standard deviation RSD is 2.8%.

Key words: Air-Bubbles Sandwich FIA, Spectrophotometry, Amino acids, Tea

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