Background: Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease. Decreasing postprandial hyperglycemia by retarding glucose absorption through inhibiting carbohydrates digesting enzymes (α-amylase and α-glucosidase) is one of many approaches used for the management of this disease. This study was aimed at evaluating the normoglycaemic potential of Helianthus annuus leaf. Methods: The effect o...

conclusions the current report isolates, characterizes, and demonstrates the novel heat-adapted amylase-producing bacteria ss1, ss2 and ss3 from taptapani hot spring, indicating its potentiality and stability under acidic conditions. materials and methods bacterial strains were isolated by dilution plating method from the water samples collected from taptapani hot spring, odisha and screened fo...

The alpha-amylases in the salivary glands of Lygus hesperus Knight and L. lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) were isolated and purified by ion exchange chromatography, and by isoelectric focusing, respectively. The alpha-amylase from L. hesperus had an isoelectric point (pI) of 6.25, and a pH optimum of 6.5. The specific activity of alpha-amylases in the salivary glands of L. hesperus was 1.2 U/m...

Fungal alpha-amylase is an important occupational allergen in the bakery industry. Epidemiologic studies focusing on the relationship between alpha-amylase allergen exposure and work-related respiratory allergy, however, have not been reported yet. In this cross-sectional study, sensitization to occupational allergens and work-related symptoms were studied in 178 bakery workers and related to a...

Alpha amylase production using microbial source and solid state fermentation has been conducted for past few years in search of thermostable enzyme. Owing to the prolific use of thermostable alpha amylase in various industries like paper, food, detergent, brewing and starch liquefaction process, the production of alpha amylase is still going on. In the present work, Bacillus subtilis (ATCC 6633...

Drying of seeds of Agropyron desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Schult. did not result in breakdown of alpha-amylase nor impair the ability of seeds to resume its synthesis when moistened again. beta-Amylase activity did not change during 5 days of germination at a water potential of 0 atmosphere nor during 40 days of incubation at -40 atmospheres. Seeds synthesized alpha-amylase at 0, -20, and -40 at...

Alpha-amylase E.C.3.2.1.1. (1,4 glucan, 4 glucanohydrolase) can be obtained from salivary glands, pancreas and microorganisms such as Pseudomonas and Asperigllus, as well as muscles and ovarian tubes.1.2 Alpha-amylase from Bacillus Subtilis #1024(A TCC 465)* was purified with a highest degree of purity in our laboratory (31.59 U/mg). The extracellular alpha-amylase was subjected to differe...

BACKGROUND & AIM Alpha-amylase in both blood and saliva has been used as a diagnostic parameter. While studies examining alpha-amylase activity in saliva have shown that it is sensitive to physiological and psychological challenge of the adrenergic system, no challenge studies have attempted to elucidate the role of the adrenergic system in alpha-amylase activity in blood. We set out to examine...

Kernels of Klages barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) were germinated for 1 to 4 days on moist sand at 18 degrees C. Representative kernels from each time period were dissected to give the following fractions: scutellum, subscutellar endosperm, aleurone-scutellum interface, remaining aleurone, subaleurone endosperm, and core endosperm. These tissues were analyzed for alpha-amylase components by isoelec...