b-cyclodextrin glucosyl transferase (b-cgtase) hydrolyses starch to produce b-cyclodextrin by transglycosylation (cyclization) activity. the conventional method for detection of b-cgtase activity is based on detecting starch hydrolysis by iodine staining. this method reveals all amylolytic enzymes, but can not discriminate them. in the present study, we introduce a new method for specific detec...

S ERUM ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY is the enzyme analysis most frequently made in clinical laboratories. It has long been a diagnostic tool and therapeutic index in both liver and osseous disease. Its usefulness could be expanded by a method which would measure alkaline phosphatase activity rapidly, accurately, and with a minimum of technical manipulation. Ideally, the substrate for such a me...

Purpose: This study was carried out in order to find a reliable method for the fast detection of adulterated herbal food supplements with sexual enhancement claims. As some herbal products are advertised as "all natural", their "efficiency" is often increased by addition of active pharmaceutical ingredients such as PDE-5 inhibitors, which can be a real health threat for the consumer. Methodes: ...

The transport of glucuronides synthesized in the luminal compartment of the endoplasmic reticulum by UDP-glucuronosyltransferase isoenzymes was studied in rat liver microsomal vesicles. Microsomal vesicles were loaded with p-nitrophenol glucuronide (5 mM), phenolphthalein glucuronide or UDP-glucuronic acid, by a freeze-thawing method. In was shown that: (i) the loading procedure resulted in mil...

A new method for determining chlorinity of water was developed in order to improve the old method by alleviating the environmental problems associated with the toxic chromate. The method utilizes a mediator, a weak acid that can form an insoluble salt with the titrant. The mediator triggers a sudden change in pH at an equivalence point in a titration. Thus, the equivalence point can be determin...

A new method is based on the flow injection gradient equipped with an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) detector has been developed for the determination of binding constants of substrates with cyclodextrins or micelles. The concentration gradient produced by this method eliminates the need to prepare series of mixtures in which the concentrations of one of the reactants are varied. The fast ...