Determination of glucose and fructose by enzymatic means.
Suitable for beers, mixed beer beverages, malt beverages, non-alcoholic soft drinks, NAB, juices and drinks.
Glucose and fructose are phosphorylated by the enzyme hexokinase (HK) and adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) to glucose 6-phosphate (G-6-P) and fructose 6-phosphate (F-6-P):
\(\text{Glucose + ATP} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{HK}}} \space \text{G-6-P + ADP}\)
\(\text{Fructose + ATP} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{HK}}} \space \text{F-6-P + ADP}\)
In the presence of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6P-DH), G-6-P is oxidized from nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+) to gluconate-6-phosphate. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP + H+) is formed:
\(\text{G-6-P + NADP}^+ \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{G6P-DH}}} \space \text{Gluconate-6-phosphate + NADP + H}^+\)
The amount of NADP + H+ formed during the reaction is equivalent to the amount of glucose. NADP + H+ is a measurand and is determined based on its absorbance at 340 nm.
After the reaction is complete, F-6-P is converted to G-6-P by phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI):
\(\text{F-6-P} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{PGI}}} \space \text{G-6-P}\)
G-6-P reacts in turn with NADP+ to form gluconate-6-phosphate and NADP + H+. The additional amount of NADP + H+ formed is equivalent to the amount of fructose and is determined photometrically based on its absorption at 340 nm.
Note:
Alternatively, NAD+/NAD + H+ can be used instead of NADP+/NADP + H+:
\(\text{G-6-P + NAD}^+ \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{G6P-DH}}} \space \text{Gluconate-6-Phosphate + NAD + H}^+\)
Determination of glucose, fructose, sucrose by enzymatic means.
Suitable for wort, beer, malt beverages, nutritive beer, beer-based beverages, NAB, juices and beverages
The D-glucose content is determined before and after enzymatic hydrolysis of sucrose. D-fructose is measured following D-glucose determination.
D-glucose/D-fructose determination before inversion:
Glucose and fructose are phosphorylated by the enzyme hexokinase (HK) and adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) to glucose-6-phosphate (G-6-P):
\(\text{Glucose + ATP} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{HK}}} \space \text{G-6-P + ADP}\)
\(\text{Fructose + ATP} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{HK}}} \space \text{F-6-P + ADP}\)
In the presence of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6P-DH), G-6-P is oxidized from nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+) to gluconate-6-phosphate. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP + H+) is formed:
\(\text{G-6-P + NADP}^+ \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{G6P-DH}}} \space \text{Gluconate-6-phosphate + NADP + H}^+\)
The amount of NADP + H+ formed during the reaction is equivalent to the amount of glucose. NADP + H+ is measurand and is determined based on its absorbance at 340 nm.
After the reaction is complete, F-6-P is converted to G-6-P by phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI):
\(\text{F-6-P} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{PGI}}} \space \text{G-6-P}\)
G-6-P reacts in turn with NADP+ to form gluconate-6-phosphate and NADP + H+. The additional amount of NADP + H+ formed is equivalent to the amount of fructose and is determined photometrically based on its absorbance at 340 nm.
Enzymatic inversion:
Sucrose is hydrolyzed to glucose and fructose by the enzyme β-fructosidase (invertase) at pH 4.6:
\(\text{Saccharose + H}{_2}\text{O} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{β-Fructosidase}}} \space \text{Glucose + Fructose}\)
The D-glucose determination after inversion (total D-glucose) is carried out as described above.
The sucrose content is calculated from the difference between the glucose concentration before and after enzymatic inversion.
Hydrolytic cleavage of carbohydrates to determine total glucose from the glucose already present and that formed by hydrolysis.
Suitable for all beverages
Carbohydrates are split by acid hydrolysis in the boiling heat under reflux with acid. After neutralization and filtration of the hydrolysis mixture, the glucose content is determined enzymatically after dilution. In this process, glucose is phosphorylated by the enzyme hexokinase (HK) and adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) to glucose 6-phosphate (G-6-P):
\(\text{Glucose + ATP} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{HK}}} \space \text{G-6-P + ADP}\)
In the presence of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6P-DH), G-6-P is oxidized by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) to gluconate-6-phosphate. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) is formed:
\(\text{G-6-P + NADP}^+ \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{G6P-DH}}} \space \text{NADPH + H}^+\)
The amount of NADPH formed during the reaction is equivalent to the amount of glucose. NADPH is determined based upon its absorbance at 334, 340 or 365 nm.
Determination of glucose and fructose by enzymatic means.
Suitable for beers, mixed beer beverages, malt beverages, non-alcoholic soft drinks, NAB, juices and drinks.
Glucose is phosphorylated by the enzyme hexokinase (HK) and adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) to glucose 6-phosphate (G-6-P).
\(\text{Glucose + ATP} \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{HK}}} \space \text{G-6-P + ADP}\)
In the presence of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6P-DH), G-6-P is oxidized by nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP+) to gluconate-6-phosphate. Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) is formed:
\(\text{G-6-P + NADP}^+ \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{G6P-DH}}} \space \text{gluconate-6-phosphate + NADP + H}^+\)
The amount of NADPH formed during the reaction is equivalent to the amount of glucose. NADPH is determined based upon its absorbance at 340 nm.
Note:
Alternatively, NAD+/NAD + H+ can be used instead of NADP+/NADP + H+:
\(\text{G-6-P + NAD}^+ \space ^{\underrightarrow{\text{G6P-DH}}} \space \text{Gluconate-6-Phosphate + NAD + H}^+\)
Mineral, spring and table waters as well as drinking waters that are to be marketed.
Qualitative detection of faecal streptococci in mineral water, spring water, table water and other drinking water bottled for distribution to the consumer by means of enrichment culture in double-concentrated azide-glucose broth [1].