Partial characterization of a novel amylase activity isolated from Tunisian Ficus carica latex

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1158-1166

  Aref, Houda Lazreg ^a   Mosbah, Habib ^b   Louati, Hanen ^b   Said, Khaled ^a   Selmi, Boulbaba ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Detergents; Glucose; HPLC; Metal ion; Saccharose

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BETA FRUCTOSE ALPHA(1-4) GLUCOSE; GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME STABILITY; FICUS; FICUS CARICA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PH; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMYLASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; DETERGENTS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ENZYME STABILITY; FICUS; FRUIT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; IONS; KINETICS; LATEX; METALS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STARCH; TEMPERATURE; TUNISIA;

FICUS CARICA; MORACEAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 80054948834     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2011.575791     Document Type: Article

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