5-Diazouracil can serve for direct sucrose and raffinose determination
in pure solutions obeying Lambert-Beer law. Fructose, glucose, melezi
tose, maltose, and their mixtures interfere in sucrose (and raffinose)
determination but their influence can be eliminated. The method was a
pplied to natural honeys and honey substitutes, (C) 1998 Academic Pres
s.