Alpha amylase from a fungal culture grown on oil cakes and its properties

Solid-state fermentation was carried out for the production of alpha-amylase using Aspergillus oryzae. Different oil cakes such as coconut oil cake (COC) sesame oil cake (SOC), groundnut oil cake (GOC), palm kernel cake (PKC) and olive oil cake (OOC) were screened to be used as substrate for the enz...

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Main Authors: Sumitra Ramachandran, Anil K. Patel, Kesavan Madhavan Nampoothiri, Sandhya Chandran, George Szakacs, Carlos Ricardo Soccol, Ashok Pandey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2004-06-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132004000200019