A sensitive trimethylamine-N-oxide aldolase assay in two steps without deproteinisation

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 197-200

  Nielsen, Michael K ^a   Havemeister, Wiebke ^b   Rehbein, Hartmut ^b   Sotelo, Carmen G ^c   Jørgensen, Bo M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT FÜR SEEFISCHEREI   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Enzyme assay; Fish enzyme; Formaldehyde; TMAOase

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; DEPROTEINIZATION; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; REACTION MECHANISM; TRIMETHYLAMINE N OXIDE ALDOLASE;

EID: 0034650819     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0010(20000115)80:2<197::AID-JSFA513>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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