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Title:   Author  item
                                            Ford, Bryanitem
                                            Bai, Jinheitem
                                            Manthey, Johnitem
                                            Baldwin, Elizabeth

                                                         - *Liz*
  Submitted to: Southern Region of the American Society for Horticultural Science
                                    Publication Type: Abstract Only
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 2/12/2010
                                    Publication  Date: N/A
                                    Citation: N/AInterpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: The long-established Folin-Ciocalteu (F-C) assay for total phenolics can have limitations due to interference by ascorbic acid (AsA). For common fruit juices this interference can easily exceed the magnitude of the total phenolic signal itself. Approaches to eliminating the AsA interference are briefly discussed, with particular attention to the use of ascorbate oxidase (AO). AOs isolated from curcubitaceae and from fungi were tested. Both oxidized AsA, although we found the fungal AO has a broader pH range and wider temperature tolerance and functionality. We found that dehydroascorbic acid (DHA), the AO catalyzed product of AsA with oxygen, also acts as an F-C reductant giving an apparent molar strength of 10 to 20% of the parent AsA. Thus AO alone will likely not completely solve the problem of AsA interference in F-C assays. One promising approach to eliminating the DHA is discussed. Any such approach must remove most or all of the DHA while giving products that are not themselves F-C reductants. Further, it must not substantially alter or damage the phenolics present.


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