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. 2012 Nov 8;2013:737805. doi: 10.5402/2013/737805

Table 1.

Reversibility of cosolvent's induced enhancement of α-amylase activity. The enzyme activity was measured after treatment with cosolvents and removal of cosolvents from the protein solution.

Enzyme activity (×1000 unit)
Cosolvents Without any treatment After treatment with cosolvents (40%, w/v) After removal of cosolvents
Buffer only 2.6 ± 0.15
Glycerol 3.6 ± 0.1 2.6 ± 0.25
Sorbitol 3.7 ± 0.3 2.8 ± 0.15
Sucrose 3.8 ± 0.25 2.4 ± 0.1
Trehalose 4.1 ± 0.3 2.7 ± 0.2