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Figure 7

From: The effect of ultrasonic pre-treatment on the catalytic activity of lipases in aqueous and non-aqueous media

Figure 7

The effect of ultrasonic pre-irradiation on the stability of purified Burkholderia cepacia lipase in buffer. Purified Burkholderia cepacia lipase (366 U) was dissolved in buffer and ultrasonicated at 110W. In this study, we carried out ultrasonication for 5 minutes, followed by a break of 10 minutes between each cycle. This ensured that the temperature of the sample could be maintained at 40 ± 1°C throughout. The value on the x-axis denotes the total time during which the ultrasonicator was 'on'. Samples were extracted at various intervals (i.e. 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 h) and an esterase assay was performed using pNPP as a substrate. The experiments were carried out in triplicate. The error bar reflects the reproducibility for each data point.

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