GC-MS Determination of Glucose Content in Eight Food Samples Obtained from Swali Ultra Market in Yenagoa

Authors

  • Timi Tarawou  Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State
  • Erepamowei Young  Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State

Keywords:

GC-MS, Determination, Glucose, Content, Food Samples.

Abstract

This study assessed the occurrence variability of glucose in food samples. Eight different food samples (semolina, wheat flour, wheat grains, guinea corn, corn grains, corn flour, samvita and millet grains) were bought at Swali Ultra Market, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The grains were ground into powder form and were sieved to get fine powder. 1 g of each of the samples was dissolved in eight different conical flasks, containing 50 mL of 65% ethanol each. The conical flasks were placed on an electric shaker and agitated for 1 hour, after which they were filtered and the filtrates were sent for Gas chromatography-Mass spectroscopy analysis (GC-MS). The GC-MS analysis shows that ? –glucose was found in the food items; semolina (0.63%), corn grains (0.71%), corn flour (0.83%), Samvita (0.14%) and millet grains (0.08%). The trend in the total sugar contents in the eight food samples revealed that sucrose was present in all and with the highest percentage concentration of 4.92% and 4.93% respectively for semolina and corn flour. Sucrose only, with the percentage concentration of 0.23% and 0.43% was found in wheat and guinea corn grains respectively. The sample with the highest percentage of glucose was corn flour (0.83%) while millet grain has the least percentage of 0.08. Maltose was observed in all samples except guinea corn and wheat grains with the lowest concentration of 0.04% in millet grains.

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International Journal of Scientific Research in Chemistry

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2019-07-30

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Volume 4, Issue 4, July-August-2019

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Timi Tarawou, Erepamowei Young, " GC-MS Determination of Glucose Content in Eight Food Samples Obtained from Swali Ultra Market in Yenagoa, International Journal of Scientific Research in Chemistry(IJSRCH), ISSN : 2456-8457, Volume 4, Issue 4, pp.01-05 , July-August-2019.