Production and characterization of amylases from Zea mays malt

In this work the α and β-amylase enzymes were obtained from maize (Zea mays) malt and were biochemistry characterized. A germination study to obtain the maize malt with good amylase activity was made. The maize seeds were germinated in laboratory and the enzymatic activity was meas...

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Main Authors: Joana Paula Menezes Biazus, Roberto Rodrigues de Souza, Jesus Espinoza Márquez, Telma Teixeira Franco, José Carlos Curvelo Santana, Elias Basile Tambourgi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2009-08-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132009000400024