Reduction of alpha-amylase by an inhibitor from carob.
Inhibitor C, one of the inhibitory fractions of the extract of Carob fruit, reduces the amount of alpha-amylase in the culture medium of endosperm halves of barley seed which have been treated with gibberellic acid as compared with seed halves treated with gibberellic acid alone. A similar reduction is found in the alpha-amylase produced by embryo halves of barley seed which have not been treated with gibberellic acid.
Corcoran
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Department of Biology, San Fernando Valley State College, Northridge, California.