Extraction of starch by dimethyl sulfoxide and quantitation by enzymatic assay |
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Authors: | N C Carpita J Kanabus |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Environmental Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Kraków, Poland;2. Department of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Kraków, Poland;1. Department of Biochemistry, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan;2. Institute of Chemical Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan;3. Department of Chemistry, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, Pakistan;4. The School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;5. State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China;6. Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Campus Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey, N.L. CP 64849, Mexico |
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Abstract: | A method for the rapid, sensitive, and specific determination of starch in plant tissues is described. Starch from a variety of plant tissues is solubilized by stirring for 24 h or by sonication for 40 min in dimethyl sulfoxide. Dilution of this extract to less than 20% dimethyl sulfoxide permits a nearly complete hydrolysis of the starch in less than 3 h with glucoamylase from Rhizopus niveus. Quantitation of liberated glucose by a coupled hexokinase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase method provides an additional degree of specificity. |
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