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ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE PLUG FLOW REACTOR FOR DETERMINATION OF ARGININE AND PEANUT MATURITY
Author(s) -
VALLEVEGA P.,
YOUNG CLYDE T.,
SWAISGOOD H. E.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1980.tb07498.x
Subject(s) - arginine , chemistry , enzyme , lysine decarboxylase , immobilized enzyme , arginine decarboxylase , plug flow , chromatography , biochemistry , amino acid , physics , putrescine , cadaverine , thermodynamics
Arginine decarboxylase was immobilized on a controlled pore glass beads derivative and assembled into a plug flow reactor. The catalytic action of the enzyme was measured with a CO 2 ‐sensing electrode. The enzyme action produced a linear response range of L‐arginine concentration from 3 × 10, ‐4 to 3 × 10 −3 M. The enzyme reactor in combination with a CO 2 ‐sensing electrode is useful as a new maturity assay based on the free arginine content of peanuts.