Abstract
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) contains a wide variety of phenolic compounds and their levels and types depend on the genotype. Sorghums with a pigmented testa contain condensed tannins, which are concentrated in the pigmented testa. In this chapter, three methods of tannin analysis are described: (1) Chlorox bleach test; (2) modified vanillin-HCl assay; and (3) normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (NP-HPLC) with fluorescence detection. The Chlorox bleach test is a rapid and inexpensive method that identifies non-tannin and tannin sorghums. The modified vanillin-HCl assay is a colorimetric assay that provides relative tannin values among sorghum samples. The normal-phase HPLC with fluorescence detection separates and quantifies condensed tannins according to their degree of polymerization and confirms the presence or absence of tannins.
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Special thanks to Dr. Tom Herald, USDA-ARS, Center for Grain and Animal Health Research, Manhattan, KS, for providing the sorghum samples for the Chlorox bleach test procedure.
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Dykes, L. (2019). Tannin Analysis in Sorghum Grains. In: Zhao, ZY., Dahlberg, J. (eds) Sorghum. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1931. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9039-9_8
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