title: [Study on the kinetic fluorimetric determination of tannins in tea].
abstract: A simple and highly sensitive kinetic fluorimetric method is proposed for the determination of trace tannins, based on the activation of tannins on the oxidation of pyronine Y by hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by Cu(II) ion. The effects of some experimental conditions were investigated and discussed in detail. The fixed reaction time procedure was used to determine the fluorescence intensity of the system. The calibration curve of tannin was linear in the range of 0.06-0.96 mg.L-1, and the detection limit for tannin was 0.032 mg.L-1. The relative standard deviation for the measurement of 0.32 mg.L-1 tannin (n = 11) was 2.3%. The proposed method has been successfully applied to the determination of tannins in tea. The results obtained were compared with those provided by the Folin-Ciocalteu method.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Engineering, Education Commission of Henan, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453002, China.
authors.forename: Su-ling
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Jun-ming
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D002384:Catalysis; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011754:Pyronine / Q000737:chemistry; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D013634:Tannins / Q000032:analysis*; D013662:Tea / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013634:Tannins; D013662:Tea; D003300:Copper; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D011754:Pyronine