FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2006, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (10): 497-499.

Previous Articles     Next Articles

Determination of Contents of VC,Nitrate,Nitrite of Varied Zingiber officinale

 LI  Shu-Hua,   Chen-Feng-Zheng   

  1. Department of Chemistry and Life Science, Leshan Teachers College, Leshan 614004, China
  • Online:2006-10-15 Published:2011-11-16

Abstract: Objective: To determine the contents of VC, nitrate, nitrite of varied Zingiber officinale, so as to evaluate the quality of Zingiber officinale. Method: Using uhraviolet spectrophotometer to determine the content of VC, nitrate, nitrite by measuring the absorbency of Zingiber officinale at special wavelength. Result: VC was only 2.30mg/100g after Zingiber officinale was cooked 15min. The content is 20.65% of Zingiber officinale’. But VC was 5.86mg/100g in pickle. The content is 52.60% of Zingiber officinale’. Nitrate was 39338.5mg/100g. The content of nitrate was too much to be eaten normally. Nitrite was 0.3046 mg/100g, and exceeded the standard. But the contents of nitrate and nitrite of cooked Zingiber officinale and fermented Zingiber officinale were low.

Key words:  , Zingiber officinale; VC; nitrate; nitrite;