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Plant Physiol

Title:		Minimizing Nitrate Reduction during Kjeldahl Digestion of Plant Tissue Extracts and Stem Exudates : APPLICATION TO N STUDIES
Author(s):		Pace GM; Mackown CT; Volk RJ;
Address:		"Department of Soil Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27650"
Journal Title:		Plant Physiol
Year:		1982
Volume:		69
Issue:		1
Page Number:		32 - 36
DOI:		10.1104/pp.69.1.32
ISSN/ISBN:		0032-0889 (Print) 1532-2548 (Electronic) 0032-0889 (Linking)
Abstract:		"From 10 to 60% of the nitrate present in plant tissue extracts and stem exudates of corn (Zea mays L.) was found to be reduced during Kjeldahl digestion, even in the absence of added reducing agents. This reduction is of particular concern in [(15)N]nitrate assimilation studies, because it results in an overestimate of nitrate reduction. To overcome this problem, a method was developed for removing nitrate prior to Kjeldahl digestion, thereby preventing nitrate reduction. The procedure utilizes hydrogen peroxide for partial oxidation of organic matter in order to minimize the nitration of organic compounds. The free nitrates are then volatilized as nitric acid from concentrated sulfuric acid at 95 degrees C. When the proposed method was used as a pretreatment to Kjeldahl digestion, less than 0.5% of the applied nitrate was recovered in the reduced nitrogen fraction of plant tissue extracts and stem exudates"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEPace, G M Mackown, C T Volk, R J eng 1982/01/01 Plant Physiol. 1982 Jan; 69(1):32-6. doi: 10.1104/pp.69.1.32"