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Microwave-assisted digestion using diluted HNO3 and H2O2 for macro and microelements determination in guarana samples

Herick M Santos1, Janclei P Coutinho1, Fábio Alan C Amorim1

  • 1Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas, Grupo de Pesquisas em Química Analítica do Sul da Bahia, Rodovia Ilhéus-Itabuna, km 16, 45662-900 Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil.

Food Chemistry
|October 8, 2018
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Diluted nitric acidGuaranaMacro and microelementsMicrowave-assisted digestionMixture design

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