Article: Reports from Campinas State University advance knowledge in science and technology.

According to recent research from Campinas, Brazil, "In this work the alpha and beta-amylase enzymes were obtained from maize (Zea mays) malt and were biochemistry characterized. A germination study to obtain the maize malt with good anylase activity was made."

"The maize seeds were germinated in laboratory and the enzymatic activity was measured daily. Activity dependence to germination time were fitted to an exponential model (A=A(0)e(mu t)), which showed that the behaviour of enzymatic activity; in the germination process was similar to the growth of the microorganism. Its model could be applied to describe the mechanism of alpha-amylase production for each ...

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