Alpha amylase from a fungal culture grown on oil cakes and its properties

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 309-317

  Ramachandran, Sumitra ^a   Patel, Anil K ^a   Nampoothiri, Kesavan Madhavan ^a   Chandran, Sandhya ^a   Szakacs, George ^b   Soccol, Carlos Ricardo ^c   Pandey, Ashok ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Aspergillus oryzae; Oil cakes; Partial purification; Solid state fermentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944382832     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132004000200019     Document Type: Article

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