Methodological Aspects of Measuring Phytase Activity and Phytate Phosphorus Content in Selected Cereal Grains and Digesta and Feces of Pigs
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Abstract
This study was to examine the time course of sample-specific linearity of intrinsic phytase hydrolysis in major cereal grains and in ileal digesta and fecal samples and to determine the time course of the microbial phytase-catalyzed hydrolysis of various sources of phytate for estimating phytate phosphorus (P) content. The intrinsic phytase activity in barley, corn, oat, and wheat samples was measured over multiple time points from 0 to 120 min at 1.5 mmol.L(-1) of sodium phytate at pH 5.5 and 37 degrees C. Time courses of hydrolysis of purified phytate and phytate associated with the cereal grain samples and the pig digesta and fecal samples were examined with the Natuphos microbial phytase over multiple time points from 0 to 48 h of incubation. The intrinsic phytase hydrolysis was linear (P < 0.05) for up to 120 min for the barley, corn, and wheat samples, whereas in the oat sample the hydrolysis was linear (P < 0.05) for only up to 30 min of incubation. The intrinsic phytase activities (phytase unit: mumol.kg(-1) of dry matter.min(-1)) for the barley, corn, and wheat samples were estimated to be 693, 86, and 1189 by linear regression analysis. Intrinsic phytase activity (412 phytase units) for the oat sample based on a 30-min incubation was considerably higher than the value (103 phytase units) determined from the 120-min incubation for the same oat sample. There were quadratic with plateau relationships (P < 0.05) between the hydrolytic release of inorganic P from various sources of phytate and the incubation time. The minimal incubation times required for the complete hydrolysis of phytate were estimated to be 4, 3, and 11 h for the purified phytate, the cereal grain samples, and the pig digesta and feces, respectively. It was concluded that multiple time point experiments need to be conducted to determine valid intrinsic phytase activity and phytate P content in samples through intrinsic and microbial phytase hydrolysis incubations.
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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