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Activities of Five Acid Phosphatases in Purple, Green, and White Eggplants
George J Flick1, Robert L Ory1, Allen J St Angelo1
1Department of Food Science and Technology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 and Southern Regional Research Center 3 , P.O. Box 19687, New Orleans, Louisiana 70179.
Abstract:
Tissues of purple, green, and white varieties of eggplant, Solanum melongena , were analyzed for relative activity of phenyl phosphatase, fructose-1, 6-diphosphatase, glucose-1-phosphatase, glucose-6-phosphatase, and ATPase. Activities of all phosphatases were highest in the purple variety and lowest in the white. Relative rates of activity decreased in the order: ATPase, phenyl phosphatase, fructose-1, 6-diphosphatase, glucose-6-phosphatase, and glucose-1-phosphatase (only found in the purple variety).
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