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...
Mon, 18 Apr, 2016 at 12:44 PM
The control
provided with the Resistant Starch Assay Kit is Hylon VII, native high amylose maize starch (not
retrograded).
Product Page (K-RSTAR)
Mon, 18 Apr, 2016 at 12:45 PM
Standard
errors of ± 5% are achieved routinely within our laboratory for samples
containing > 2% of resistant starch. Higher errors are obtained for sa...
Mon, 18 Apr, 2016 at 12:45 PM
The glucose
measurement (incubation with GOPOD Reagent) is linear between 4 and 100
micrograms of glucose per assay. We recommend that the smallest differ...
Mon, 18 Apr, 2016 at 12:45 PM
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...
Mon, 18 Apr, 2016 at 12:46 PM
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 ...
Mon, 18 Apr, 2016 at 12:46 PM
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...
Mon, 18 Apr, 2016 at 12:47 PM
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...
Mon, 18 Apr, 2016 at 12:47 PM
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 ...
Mon, 18 Apr, 2016 at 12:47 PM
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 ...
Mon, 18 Apr, 2016 at 12:48 PM