Harsha Chemical Pvt Ltd Chennai, Tamil Nadu

We offer thiobarbituric acid is used to determine the extent of spoilage of edible and inedible oils. This effectively estimates the efficacy of the antioxidant used. The procedure depends upon the measurement of malonaldehyde which is produced during the oxidative degradation of the oils. The malonaldehyde is condensed with 2-thiobarbituric acid (tba) to obtain a pink chromogen which is measured spectrophotometrically at 530 mμ.