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07-01.01 Measurement of Acid-Stable Amino Acids

Acid-stable amino acids are those that quantitatively survive protein hydrolysis with 6N HCl under high vacuum. This method determines such amino acid contents in pure proteins, protein isolates, protein concentrates, protein-containing foods with fat contents less than 10%, and defatted protein-containing foods. Amino acids measured include: proline (PRO), glycine (GLY), alanine (ALA), valine (VAL), isoleucine (ILE), leucine (LEU), tyrosine (TYR), phenylalanine (PHE), lysine (LYS), histidine (HIS), arginine (ARG), and ammonia (AMM).

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07-11.01 Measurement of Sulfur Amino Acids

To determine cysteic acid and methionine sulfone content by ion-exchange chromatography in grains, flours, meals, foods, and feeds. This method is not applicable to foods and feeds supplemented with free methionine or cysteine. Initially, protein is oxidized with performic acid to form cysteic acid and methionine sulfone; then it is hydrolyzed with 6N HCl.

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07-20.01 Measurement of Tryptophan—Alkaline Hydrolysis

To measure tryptophan content in food products and feedstuffs by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Initially, protein is hydrolyzed under vacuum with 4.2N NaOH

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07-50.01 Total Amino Acids by UHPLC-UV

This method is applicable to grain-based matrices such as (infant) cereals, pet foods, and adult/pediatric nutritional formulas. It provides quantitative determination of total amino acids using 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate (AQC) derivatization followed by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) separation and UV detection. The following amino acids can be determined: alanine, arginine, aspartic acid (combined with asparagine), cystine (dimer of cysteine, combined with cysteine), glutamic acid (combined with glutamine), glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, ​threonine, tyrosine, and valine. This method is not suitable for the determination of tryptophan.

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