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Diastase and invertase activities in Andalusian honeys
Author(s) -
Serrano Salud,
Espejo Roberto,
Villarejo Marta,
Jodral Manuela Luisa
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2006.01213.x
Subject(s) - diastase , invertase , amylase , biology , chemistry , food science , enzyme , sucrose , biochemistry
Summary Forty‐nine samples of unheated, commercially purchased Andalusian (southern Spain) honeys were examined for diastase ( α ‐ and β ‐amylase) and invertase ( α ‐glucosidase) activities. The honeys were from Citrus sp. (5), Sunflower (2), Rosmarinus (3), Eucalyptus sp. (4) or multifloral in origin (35). Mean value for diastase was 20.48 ± 10.14 (range 3.99–49.42) expressed as diastase number in Gothe's scale, for invertase it was 12.34 ± 8.09 (range 1.2–36.8) expressed as invertase number. Correlation was found between invertase and diastase activities ( r = 0.853). These results were compared with literature data and differences are discussed.