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Tob. Sci., 1979, 23-24, p. 75-77, ISSN. 0082-4523

Enzymatic determination of glucose, fructose, and sucrose in tobacco

SEKIN S.
Agricultural Faculty of Egean University, Department of Agronomy-Genetics, Izmir, Turkey

A modification of the Boehringer enzymatic method for a rapid and accurate micro determination of glucose, fructose, and sucrose in tobacco leaves is described. This method of analysis needs no sophisticated laboratory equipment except a photometer and it enables one to work with very small quantities of samples which are important in plant breeding.

(Full article published with kind permission from "Tobacco International")