[Determination of the total quantity of carbohydrates in dried yeast]. / Opredelenie obshchego kolichestva uglevodov v sukhikh drozhzhakh

Different colourimetric methods for measuring carbohydrates in yeast have been compared. A method using 5% phenol aqueous solution in the presence of concentrated sulphuric acid has been developed to quantitate carbohydrates. The method has been described as applied to an analysis of dry yeast.