ANTI-NUTRITIONAL CONSTITUENT OF COLOCASIA ESCULENTA ...

ANTI-NUTRITIONAL CONSTITUENT OF COLOCASIA ESCULENTA ... ANTI-NUTRITIONAL CONSTITUENT OF COLOCASIA ESCULENTA ...

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180 = molecular weight ofthe glucose; 60 = incubation time in minutes; N = number ofmolecules ofglucose hberated by hydrolysis in each sugar (n = 1 for sucrose and lactose, n = 2 for maltose) [Rodriguez-Castilla et al., 1996]. B.C.2.3 ATPase [Vaslirhelyi et aL (1986)] The Na+!K'"-ATPase activity of freeze-thawed samples was determined by measuring the release of inorganic phosphate (Pi) associated with the hydrolysis of ATP. The samples (250 )l1) were added to 4750 )l1 of Reagent 1 [final concentration per litre: 100 mM of NaCl., 20 mM of KCl., 2.5 mM of MgCh, 0.5 mM of ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid (EGTA), 50 mM oftris-HCI (pH 7.4),1 mM ofATP, 1 mM of phosphoenolpyruvate, 0.16 mM of nicotineamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), 5 kU of pyruvate kinase, 12 kU of lactate dehydrogenase]. After 300 s, 65 J.L1 of 10 mM ouabain was added to inhIbit ouabain­ sensitive ATPase activity. The Na+JK+-ATPase is composed of the stoichiometric of two obligatory major polypeptides, the a-subunit (- 112 kDa) and the f3-subunit (- 45 kDa). The binding sites for ATP, cations and ouabain are localized in the a-subunit, which is responsible for the atalytic activity ofthe enzyme. The change in absorbance was monitored at 340 llID. The Na+JK+-ATPase activity was calculated from the difference in A 340 . 257

AppendixC OLEIC ACID STANDARD 230 235 240 258 l:TOFMS;j 'ol

AppendixC<br />

OLEIC ACID STANDARD<br />

230 235 240<br />

258<br />

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