Quantification of hydrolytic and proteolytic enzymes in the excreta of three epigeic earthworms and detection of thiocarbamic acid by GC-MS-MS

Environmentalist

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-215

  Pramanik, P ^a,b,c  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b MGM VISION Laboratories Pvt Ltd   (India)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Digestive enzymes; Epigeic earthworms; Gel electrophoresis; Thiocarbamic acid; Vermiwash

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; ELECTROKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCRETION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; ORGANIC ACID; PESTICIDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955769134     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-010-9264-y     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Aira M, Monroy F, Dominguez J (2007) Earthworms strongly modify microbial biomass and activity triggering enzymatic activities during vermicomposting independently of the application rates of pig slurry. Sc Total Environ 385: 252-261.
2. Anasari AA (2007) Reclamation of sodic soils through vermicology. J Soil Nature 1: 27-31.
3. Benitez E, Sainz H, Nogales R (2005) Hydrolytic enzymes of extracted humic substances during the vermicomposting of a lignocellulosic olive waste. Biores Technol 96: 785-790.
4. Bernfeld P (1955) Amylases, alpha and beta. Methods Enzymol 1: 149-150.
5. Edwards CA, Arancon NQ, Vasko-Bennett M, Askar A, Keeney G (2009) Effect of aqueous extracts from vermicomposts on attacks by cucumber beetles (Acalymna vittatum) (Fabr.) on cucumber and tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) (L.) on tomatoes. Pedobiologia. (article in press, doi: 10. 1016/j. pedobi. 2009. 08. 002).
6. Garraway JL, Wain RL (2008) Studies on plant growth-regulating structures XVI, the auxin-activity of ω-(N, N-dimethyl-thiocarbamoylthio) alkane carboxylic acids and their β-oxidation within plant tissue. Ann Appl Biol 50: 11-20.
7. Ghosh TK (1987) Measurement of cellulose activities. Pure Appl Chem 59: 257-268.
8. Gilot C (1997) Effects of a tropical geophagous earthworms, M. anomala (Megascolecidae), on soil characteristics and production of a yam crop in Ivory Coast. Soil Biol Biochem 29: 353-359.
9. Gomes LR, Low JN, Quessada A, Santos LMNBF, Rocha MAA, Schroder B (2009) Synthesis, structural characterization and conformational aspects of thenoylthiocarbamic-O-alkylesters. J Mol Str 936: 37-45.
10. Gomez KA, Gomez AA (1984) Statistical procedures for agricultural research. Wiley, New York, pp 130-139.
11. Ladd JN, Butler JHA (1972) Short-term assays of soil proteolytic enzyme activities using proteins and dipeptide derivatives as substrates. Soil Biol Biochem 4: 19-30.
12. Lakshmi Prabha M, Jayaraaj R, Rao S (2007) Comparative studies on the digestive enzymes in the gut of earthworms, Eudrilus euginiae and Eisenia fetisa. Indian J Biotechnol 6: 567-569.
13. Pramanik P (2008) Chemical and biochemical aspects of vermicomposts with reference to transplanted rice, Ph. D. thesis, Visva-Bharati University, India.
14. Sanz L, Montero M, Grondona I, Vizciano JA, Llobell A, Hermosa R, Monte E (2004) Cell wall-degrading isoenzyme profiles of Trichoderma biocontrol strains show correlation with DNA taxonomic species. Curr Gen 46: 277-286.
15. Tabatabai MA (1982) Soil enzymes. In: Page AL, Miller RH, Keeney DR (eds) Methods of soil analysis, part 2, second edition, Agronomy 9. American Society of Agronomy, Madison, pp 903-947.
16. Tabatabai MA, Bremner JM (1969) Use of p-nitrophenyl phosphatase for assay of soil phosphatase activity. Soil Biol Biochem 1: 301-307.
17. Tomati U, Galli E (1995) Earthworms, soil fertility and plant productivity. Acta Zool Fenn 196: 11-14.
18. Zambare VP, Padul MV, Yadav AA, Shete TB (2008) Vermiwash: biochemical and microbiological approach as an ecofriendly soil conditioner. ARON J Agric Biol Sc 3: 1-5.