RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Colorimetry of Total Phenolics with Phosphomolybdic-Phosphotungstic Acid Reagents JF American Journal of Enology and Viticulture JO Am J Enol Vitic. FD American Society for Enology and Viticulture SP 144 OP 158 DO 10.5344/ajev.1965.16.3.144 VO 16 IS 3 A1 V. L. Singleton A1 Joseph A. Rossi, Jr. YR 1965 UL http://www.ajevonline.org/content/16/3/144.abstract AB Several details of the assay of total phenolic substances have been investigated and an improved procedure developed. The improvements include the use of Folin-Ciocalteu reagent rather than the Folin-Denis reagent, gallic acid as a reference standard, and a more reproducible time-temperature color development period. The values obtained are less subject to variation and interference from several nonphenols, yet are directly comparable to the "tannin" values obtained by the previously standard method.