Comparative study of two spectrophotometric reagents for catechol analysis in guaraná seeds powder

In this article are described and compared two spectrophotometric methods for the analysis of catechol (o-hydroxyphenol) in Paullinea cupana var. sorbilis, popularly known as guaraná. The pounded seed samples were extracted with ethanol 97% v/v and the solutions were treated with p-aminophenol in al...

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Main Authors: Magna Adriana, Salomão Acácia A., Vila Marta M. D. C., Tubino Matthieu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2003-01-01
Series:Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532003000100021