Method for determining both water-insoluble and water-soluble plant fibre components in plant material
AssigneeTecator AB
InventorNils-Georg Asp
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Abstract
For determining both water-insoluble and water-soluble plant fibre components in plant fibre material, more particularly dietary fibre components in dietary plant material, a sample which has been solubilized and degraded with regard to other plant components is passed through a glass filter (2) capable of retaining the water-insoluble fibre components of the sample and then through an ultrafilter (1) capable of retaining the water soluble fibre components and the sample.
Claims6
A method of analyzing a dietary plant material in water to determine the water-insoluble and the water-soluble plant fibre components thereof, which comprises the steps of treating a sample of the plant material to degrade non-fibre components thereof and to substantially solubilize in water the degraded non-fibre components and the water-soluble fibre components of the sample;
- filtering the sample through a first filter adapted to retain water-insoluble fibre components;
- filtering the sample through a second filter adapted to retain water-soluble fibre components;
- and determining the amounts of said water-insoluble components and water-soluble components retained by said first and second filters respectively.
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