Trehalose is absorbed by two distinct systems-one constitutive, the other induced by turanose and to a lesser extent by nigerose but not by trehalose. The constitutive system is apparently mediated by a surface trehalase; the induced system has the characteristics of a permease. The specificity of the induced system is apparently limited to the alpha glucosyl-glucose or glucosyl-fructose linkag...

Most biological fluids contain both neutral and acid alpha-glucosidase. Optimal conditions were therefore developed for the selective determination of the activity of neutral and acid alpha-glucosidase, using 2-step, discontinuous assays. In the first step of the assay of neutral alpha-glucosidase, glucose was liberated from maltose (citrate-phosphate buffer, pH 6.8, 20 mmol/l maltose, 25 mmol/...

1. Highly purified preparations of glucoamylase were obtained from liver, spleen and intestine of the monkey. The enrichment factor was lower for intestine (60-fold) compared with that of liver (1200-fold) and of spleen (2000-fold) but the final specific activities were of a similar magnitude. 2. The liver and spleen enzymes had maximum activity at pH4.8 whereas the intestinal enzyme showed an ...

The same population of the polytrichaceous moss Polytrichum formosum was studied over four different periods year, analysing its carbohydrate and polyphenolic content dynamics related to environmental seasonal changes. A total 18 types sugars (including mono-, di-, tri- tetra-saccharides) sugar alcohols were determined. Chlorogenic acid most represented among 10 detected phenolic compounds. As ...

Usingdifferent conditions for incubation and fluorometry with 4-methylumbelliferylglycosides as substrates, we demonstratedthe presence ofacida-glucosidase, “renal” a-glucosidase, N-acetyl--D-glucosaminidase A, and N-acetyl-f3-o-glucosaminidase B in freshly drawn normal human serum. The acid a-glucosidase enzymatic activity was determined at pH 4.0 in 0.1 mol/L Tris reagent, whereasthe renal is...