FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (3): 209-211.

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Determining Isoflavones by the Emendation Method in Ultraviolet Spectrophotometry

 SUN  Ling, WEI  Zhen-Cheng, ZHANG  Ming-Wei   

  1. Guangdong Academy of Aricultural Science, Key Lab of Functional Food of Agricultural Ministry of China
  • Online:2005-03-15 Published:2011-09-19

Abstract: Based on genistein as reference standard, the isoflavones content of standard mixture of genistein and daidzein was determined by ultraviolet spectrophotometry. The results showed that determination precision (determined value /standard value) was affected by the ratio of genistein and daidzein in the mixture, and the linear correlation existed between determination precision and A262/A250 absorbance, which could be used as a method to emendate the determined value. The average recovery rate by the method of pre-emendation and emendation was 91.8% and 97.3% respectively.

Key words: soybean, isoflavones, ultraviolet spectrophotometry, determination