Rate of fluorescence development

Effect of Sugar Type on Rate of Fluorescence Development Because of the quasi-linear initial rate, relative initial rate is defined in this study as Fl/hour expressed in arbitrary units. This is obtained from the 30-min observation. Maximum AFI (AFImax i-s t le maximum excess over blank at any time in the experimental run for a given sugar. 

We have studied the effect of sugar type and water activity on rate of fluorescence development. As expected, rate increases with surface concentration on the polyamide, but since this parameter is not well defined in our system, we have not studied its effects in detail. The effect of temperature has also not been studied. 

Table I shows relative rates of fluorescence development for a triose, pentoses, and hexoses at 80°C, at water activity 1.0.

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