Description
The Fructan Assay Kit is suitable for the specific measurement of fructan in plant extracts, animal feed and food products containing starch, sucrose and other sugars. It is used in three validated methods for the determination of fructan: AOAC method 999.03 (foods), AOAC method 2018.07 (Animal Feed) and AOAC method 2016.14 (infant formula and adult nutritionals).
In the most recent development, a recombinant endo-levanase has been incorporated into the fructanase mixture, extending the use of the method to the measurement of levan-type fructans as are present in grasses such as timothy, cocksfoot, ryegrass and red fescue.
Advantages
- Very cost effective
- All kit reagents stable for > 2 years after preparation
- Unaffected by high sucrose / reducing sugar concentrations
- Fructan kits are only available from Megazyme
- Simple format
- Mega-Calc™ software tool is available for hassle-free raw data processing
- Standard included
Description
| Content: | 100 assays per kit |
| Shipping Temperature: | Ambient |
| Storage Temperature: | Short term stability: 2-8oC, Long term stability: See individual component labels |
| Stability: | > 2 years under recommended storage conditions |
| Analyte: | Fructan |
| Assay Format: | Spectrophotometer |
| Detection Method: | Absorbance |
| Wavelength (nm): | 410 |
| Signal Response: | Increase |
| Linear Range: | 2.3 to 55 µg of D-fructose or D-glucose per assay |
| Limit of Detection: | 0.16 g/100 g |
| Total Assay Time: | ~ 90 min |
| Application examples: | Flours, infant formula, animal feed, pet foods, plant materials (e.g. onion), food products and other materials |
Ref. K-FRUC
