Nanosilver: A Catalyst in Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Starch

• Authors: Marta Falkowska , Eugeniusz J. Molga
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Silver nanoparticles are widely used, because of their antimicrobial properties. In this paper, the rate of starch digestion in the presence of nanocatalyst was compared with the rate of reaction without nanosilver. The rate of enzymatic degradation of starch was found to be increased in the presence of silver nanoparticles. It is considered that α-amylase was immobilized onto the surface of nanoparticles.

Keywords

EN

nanocatalyst; starch degradation; nanosilver

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Polish Journal of Chemical Technology
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 111-113

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2014

online

3 - 10 - 2014

Contributors

author

Marta Falkowska

• Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, ul. Waryńskiego 1, 00-645 Warsaw, Poland

author

Eugeniusz J. Molga

• Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, ul. Waryńskiego 1, 00-645 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pjct-2014-0060