Cereal Chem 45:172 - 176.  |  VIEW ARTICLE
Automatic Integration and Computation of Amino Acid Analyses.

J. F. Cavins and M. Friedman. Copyright 1968 by the American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc. 

A versatile computer program has been developed for calculating amino acid analysis data. Peaks are identified by visual observation of chromatograms. The calculation was completely automated by recording the photometer output on a magnetic tape which is played back into an electronic integrator to produce a punched paper tape. The punched tape can be either fed directly to a computer or converted to punched cards. Calculations with the automatic system have been performed with data from a variety of hydrolysates, including pure proteins, chemically modified proteins, and feed meals. The computer program can be used with different interphase equipment. Computer output prints the results in several forms suitable for a variety of needs. Computation time is reduced more than 90% as compared to manual procedures.