Research Article

Development of Green UV-Vis Method for Direct Determination of Total Sugars in the Aqueous Extract of Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zuccagni) Trotter) Grains and Other Cereals

Table 3

Amount of total sugars (mean ± SD) in white and brown teff (Eragrostis tef (Zuccagni) Trotter), white rice, and red wheat grains determined by the newly developed UV-VIS method.

RegionsVariety of cerealsSample IDTotal sugars (%w/w)

AmharaWhite teffAW-18.30 ± 0.48
Brown teffAB-197.46 ± 0.25
White teffAW-67.63 ± 0.53
Brown teffAB-248.97 ± 0.19

OromiaWhite teffOW-137.97 ± 0.26
Brown teffOB-3110.32 ± 0.34
White teffOW-149.08 ± 0.30
Brown teffOB-328.47 ± 0.50
WhiteOW-159.44 ± 0.53
BrownOB-338.21 ± 0.38
White riceWR-013.19 ± 0.24
Red wheatRWh-029.22 ± 0.20

SNNPRWhite teffSW-175.94 ± 0.33
Brown teffSB-356.17 ± 0.11
White teffSW-185.48 ± 0.21
Brown teffSB-367.47 ± 0.24

ID, identification.