Determinação de polifenóis (taninos) em produtos alimentícios (chás) usando biossensor de Polifenol oxidase, obtida de extrato bruto da casca de banana nanica (Musa acuminata) e caracterização desse biossensor

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Introduction – Crude extract of banana nanica (Musa acuminata); the best source of enzyme Poliphenol oxidase (PPO) [EC.1.14.18.1] was studied as biocatalytic material to the aerobic oxidation of phenolics substrates. Materials and Methods – The crude extract of I was done the same as at Perone et al.14 (2000). The activity from the enzyme PPO and total protein were determined in this extract. It has been built a biosensor of this crude extract from the peel of stunded banana with 75
unities of PPO immobilized with glutaraldeyde reagent. Results – This biosensor, sensitive to poliphenol, was characterized and presented immobilizing optimium pH of the enzyme equal to 6.5 and acute sensibility to its catechol substrate. It was also used at the study of the determination of tanines concentration in samples of many kinds of tea. Conclusions – It was verified that percentage of error comparing with the spectrophotometric method, has presented lower than 1,0% values according to the standard methods. Comparing the results obtained with this biosensor and the crude extract of the pulp of banana nanica, it was observed the better stock time of the membranes with the peel than with the pulp, and significative diminishing of the amount of immobilized extract. So, we conclude that the extract of PPO from the peel is better source of enzyme than the pulp and it will be used at the construction of the biosensor. The advantage of the amperometrics methods presented is to obtain low cost, fast determination and good sensibility compared to cromatographics methods.