title: [Determination of lipase activity by gas chromatography].
abstract: A rapid gas chromatography method was developed for determination of lipase activity using tributyrin as substrate. The standard curves of butyric acid hydrolyzed from tributyrin were linear in the range of 0.11-11.35 mmol L(-1). The recoveries of low, moderate and high concentrations of tributyrin were 90.3%, 104.6%, 89.4% with RSD of 3.01%, 4.50%, 6.64%, respectively. The incubation time was only 5 minutes which was less than with the half time of the conventional titrimetry and spectrophotometry. The optimum pH value was 7.5 and the optimum temperature was 32 degrees C. Based on the Lineweaver-Burk plots, the Michaelis-Menten constant was 0.25 mmol mL(-1). The effect of orlistat on the enzyme inhibiting activity was studied to prove the accuracy of this method. It was found that the half-inhibition concentration (IC50) of orlistat was 0.0485 mg mL(-1). The small total reaction volume, the simple treating procedures, the high accuracy and precision present the advantages of the new method.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Traditional Chinese Medicine Research, Ministry of Education, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China.
authors.forename: Tan-Yao
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ke-Guo
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shou-Zhuo
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D008049:Lipase / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014280:Triglycerides; D008049:Lipase; C005830:tributyrin