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Experiment of enzymes

French scientist Payen and Persoz have a experiment which helped them found amylase,can someone tell me how they did it.

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References for amylase experiments

For Payen and Persoz's paper, see: Payen A, Persoz JF (1833) Mémoire sur la diastase, les principaux produits de ses reactions et leur applications aux arts industriels. Annales de chimie et de physique 53: 73-92 For a protocol for using amylase and invertase in the classroom, see an article published in 'Science in School', 'Two hydrolytic enzymes and an epistemological–historical approach': http://www.scienceinschool.org/2007/issue4/enzymes


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