Resistant Starch Assay Kit (K-RSTAR)
We highly
recommend analysing the resistant starch control provided with the kit with
each set of determinations. If the value obtained for the control is...
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The control
provided with the Resistant Starch Assay Kit is Hylon VII, native high amylose maize starch (not
retrograded).
Product Page (K-RSTAR)
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Standard
errors of ± 5% are achieved routinely within our laboratory for samples
containing > 2% of resistant starch. Higher errors are obtained for sa...
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The glucose
measurement (incubation with GOPOD Reagent) is linear between 4 and 100
micrograms of glucose per assay. We recommend that the smallest differ...
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This will
depend on the type of sample being analysed.
Some information about RS content can be found in the scientific
literature.
If in doubt, you co...
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You can use
the air
heated shaker. Sample and enzymes suspension needs to be continually suspended
and shaken. We do not recommend using stirrer bars as ...
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We recommend freeze-drying
and milling the samples to pass a 1.0 mm sieve prior to the actual analysis.
Freeze drying is recommended as resistant starch w...
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We recommend de-fatting the
sample prior to the actual analysis as high fat content may affect the
performance of the kit. Samples can be defatted with pe...
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The resistant starch will
dissolve readily in the cold KOH. It is well known that more reliable results are
obtained if the dissolution in KOH is done in ...
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The sodium azide is a
preservative preventing the microbial growth in the buffer. It can be excluded
from the buffer without affecting the performance of ...
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