Hydrolysis of raw tuber starches by amylase of Aspergillus niger AM07 isolated from the soil

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-25

  Omemu, A M ^a   Akpan, I ^a   Bankole, M O ^a   Teniola, O D ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Amylase; And hydrolysis; Remazol Brilliant Blue; Tuber starches

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BRILLIANT BLUE; FUNGAL ENZYME; GLUCOSE; MALTOSE; STARCH;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CASSAVA; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION TECHNIQUE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROLYSIS; MAIZE; QUANTUM YIELD; REDUCTION; SOIL; SOLID STATE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEET POTATO; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; TUBER (GENUS); YAM;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 18244377658     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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