Title
Effect of temperature and pH on the activity of the hydrolytic enzymes of the cecal region of Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus)
Other title
Efecto de la temperatura y pH sobre la actividad de las enzimas hidrolíticas de la región cecal de cuyes (Cavia porcellus)
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
UCOPress. Cordoba University Press (UCOPress Editorial Universidad de Córdoba)
Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of temperature and pH on the activity of hydrolytic enzymes in the cecal region of guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). This is the first report on enzymatic activity in guinea pigs, showing that there is amilolytic, cellulolytic, proteolytic and lipolytic activity. The values of the evaluated activities were in the following ranges: amylolitic activity (0.150-0.499 U / mg protein), cellulolytic (0.013-0.022 U/mg protein), proteolytic (0.104-0.290 U / mg protein) and lipolytic (2.227-4.049 U/mg protein). Both in the cellulolytic, lipolytic and proteolytic activity there was interaction between temperature and pH. The amylolytic activity was only affected by the temperature, evidencing greater enzymatic activity at a higher temperature (40 ° C). The amylolytic activity is stable at any of the three pHs tested in this study. In addition, the amylolytic activity was 10 times higher than the cellulolytic activity.
Start page
356
End page
360
Volume
68
Issue
263
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85073391465
Source
Archivos de Zootecnia
ISSN of the container
00040592
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