Analytical Method of L-Ascorbic Acid Content in Green Tea

녹차중(綠茶中)의 L-Ascorbic Acid의 정량법(定量法)에 관한 연구(硏究)

Effects of interfering substances on the determination of L-ascorbic acid (AsA) in green tea and it's extracts by 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNP) method was studied. and the removal of these interfering substances was also investigated. Under the condition prescribed for DNP method, AsA content of green tea are effected by some sugar, reductones, dicarbonyl compounds, organic acids, amino acids and others. All interfering substances except amino acids were eliminated by the chloroform extraction after adding o-phenylendiamine to sample solution. and remaining amino acids were eliminated almost completely by the treatment with ion exchange resin$(Amberlite{\;}IR-120H^{+})$. After removing the interfering substances by the above mentioned procedure, total AsA in green tea was determined by DNP method. The values obtained by this method were in good agreement with those by thin layer chromatography (TLC) method. and the method was more rapid and simple than TLC method.

녹차중(綠茶中)의 L-ascorbic acid를 정량(定量)함에 있어서 흔히 사용되고 있는 DNP법(法)을 적용할 때 불순물(不純物)에 의한 방해(妨害)여부와 그의 제거방법(除去方法)에 대하여 검토(檢討)한 결과(結果)는 다음과 같다. 즉, DNP법(法)으로 AsA를 측정시 ethyl glyoxal, diacetyl, caffeine둥 불순물질 및 아미노산(酸)들이 방해하였으며, 이들 물질을 제거하는 수단으로 브롬산화(酸化)후 o-phenylenediamine을 반응시킨 다음 chloroform으로 추출제거(抽出除去)하고 Amberlite $IR-120(H^{+})$로 아미노산(酸)을 제거(除去)한 후에 DNP법(法)으로 비색정양(比色定量)하면 L-ascorbic acid 함량(含量)을 정확히 측정(測定)할 수 있었다. 또한 분석소요시간(分析所要時間)이 TLC법(法)에 비해서 현저히 단축되고 재현성(再現性)도 좋아서 녹차중(綠茶中)의 ascorbic acid 정량(定量)에는 본법(本法)이 적합함을 확인하였다.