title: Feasibility study for the quantification of total protein content by multiple prompt gamma-ray analysis.
abstract: Protein is an important nutrient in foods. The classical nitrogen analysis method is the Kjeldahl technique, which is time-consuming and inconvenient. As a convenient method to quantify protein content in biological samples, the feasibility of application of multiple prompt gamma-ray analysis (MPGA) to the quantification was studied. Results for protein content are reported for several reference materials and prove the method to be reliable.
authors.affiliation: Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate, Naka, Ibaraki, Japan. toh.yosuke@jaea.go.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Toh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furutaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harada
mesh_terms: D045424:Complex Mixtures / Q000032:analysis*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D013051:Spectrometry, Gamma / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D045424:Complex Mixtures; D011506:Proteins; D009584:Nitrogen