Suggestions To Expand the Laboratory Project 'The Sweetness of Aspartame'

Todd P. Silverstein
Department of Chemistry, Willamette University, Salem, OR 97301
J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81 (2), p 197
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p197.1
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 2004

Abstract

The author has expanded an earlier published project to include an aspartame standard curve, Beer's law calculations, and non-linear curve-fitting of a hyperbolic saturation curve.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Domain):

Biochemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Letters

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives

Keywords (Subject):

Food Science

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    A New Colorimetric Assay of Tabletop Sweeteners Using a Modified Biuret Reagent

    Christopher J. Fenk and Nathan Kaufman , Donald G. Gerbig Jr.
    Journal of Chemical Education2007 84 (10), 1676
    • A New Colorimetric Assay of Tabletop Sweeteners Using a Modified Biuret Reagent

      Christopher J. Fenk and Nathan Kaufman , Donald G. Gerbig Jr.
      Journal of Chemical Education2007 84 (10), 1676

      A new, fast and effective colorimetric analysis of the artificial sweetener aspartame is presented for application in undergraduate laboratory courses. This new method incorporates the use of a modified biuret reagent for selective detection and analysis ...

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