ENZYMES SCREENING FROM CRUDE EXTRACT OF PERGULARIA TOMENTOSA L.
I. LAHMAR1,2*, D. MANOVA1, L. YOTOVA1
1 – University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria
2 – Sfax Faculty of Sciences, 3000 Sfax, Tunisia
*Corresponding author: imen.lahmer@yahoo.fr
Keywords: Pergularia tomentosa L., enzymes, proteases, polyphenol oxidases
Abstract: Screening of a large number of enzymes and determination of their quantities in aqueous extracts of a maceration of dried Pergularia tomentosa L. was performed in the present study. Results revealed β-amylase, protease, pepsin, lipoxygenase, L-asparaginase, polyphenol oxidase, tyrosinase and lipase activities in the extract of the defatted whole plant with different ranges and importance of activities.