Concern has been expressed against the new theories, Heisenberg uncertainty principle (HUP) and Schrödinger wave/quantum mechanics (SE) that are purported to have replaced Bohr’s theory and equation. The research was undertaken with the following objectives: 1) to review concerns...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2022/v16i12458
Objectives: The objectives of this research were mainly to determine the rate of amylolysis of glycosidic bond and to formulate a dimensionally consistent quadratic equation for the determination of the changes in the concentration of substrate, molar concentration of product and...
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Research Article10.9734/JALSI/2017/36862
Aims: The aims of this investigation were to determine: 1) the distribution of time and time-dependent events in a catalytic cycle, 2) maximum and minimum (average) interparticle distance between interacting molecules, 3) quantify the entropic term, and 4) elucidate the implicati...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/31203
Aims: The aims were: i) To ascertain the applicability of a model for the determination of the effect of calcium depletion, to the effect of the presence of the calcium chloride, ii) Quantify the thermodynamic activation parameters for unfolding of the enzyme with increasing temp...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/27650
Aims: To: i) show that unfolding and folding of an enzyme can be investigated or interpreted using different aspects of the same model ii) determine the folding rate constant; iii) determine the equilibrium constant for folding; iv) determine activation parameters for unfolding a...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/26332
Aims: The objectives of the in vitro study were to examine the applicability of thermodynamic models for the interaction of reaction mixture components to enzyme catalyzed reaction, and to determine the effect of co – solutes on the velocity of hydrolysis of a substrate with alph...
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Research Article10.9734/AIR/2016/24269
Aims: Verify a derived kinetic parameter dependent model for the determination of Gibbs free energy of activation and consequently rate constant and to show that despite criticism against the process, Lineweaver Burk plot and the rate constant, both process and term remain indisp...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24857
Aims: The specific aims of the research were i) to investigate the effects of extra “load” of calcium chloride at different temperatures and ethanol on the specific activity of porcine alpha amylase (PPA), ii) characterize the effect of extra calcium chloride in terms of thermody...
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Research Article10.9734/IJBCRR/2016/24761
Aim: The objective of the research was to verify a simple mathematical model for the determination of mass concentration and the molar mass of an enzyme in any solution using standard solution of Aspergillus oryzea alpha amylase and the action of A. oryzea alpha amylase on heat t...
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Research Article10.9734/JSRR/2016/24321