Fig 4.
Performance considerations for the PSIA method; (A) the decarboyxlation CO2 yields for amino acids (mean ± sd n = 4) obtained with the pH 1.5 ninhydrin reagent, (B) the difference (Δ13CCARBOXYL) between amino acids decarboxyled with pH 5.8 and pH 1.5 ninhydrin reagents and, (C) a comparison of amino acid δ 13CCARBOXYL values determined by flow injection analysis (no HPLC) of individual RMs and the same materials analysed by HPLC short (squares) and long (circles) runs.