Purification of urease from water melon seeds for clinical diagnostic kits

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-223

  Mohamed, Tarek M ^a   Mohamed, Magda A ^a   Mohamed, Saleh A ^a   Fahmy, Afaf S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Citrullus vulgaris; Clinical use; Purification; Urease; Water melon

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ELECTROPHORESIS; EXTRACTION; FILTRATION; FRUITS; PH EFFECTS; POWDERS; PURIFICATION; SEED; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

DELIPIDATION; LYOPHILIZATION; UREASE;

ENZYMES;

AMMONIA; CELLULOSE; DEXTRAN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DITHIOTHREITOL; EDETIC ACID; GLYCEROL; LIPID; PROTEIN; SODIUM AZIDE; UREA; UREASE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STABILITY; EXTRACTION; FILTRATION; FREEZE DRYING; LIQUID; PH; PLANT SEED; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOSTABILITY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033151282     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00157-1     Document Type: Article

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