Traditionally, coconut dregs will be used as animal feed after the extraction of coconut oil and coconut milk from the copra. This study was carried out to discover the commercial value of coconut dregs as a solid sub...Traditionally, coconut dregs will be used as animal feed after the extraction of coconut oil and coconut milk from the copra. This study was carried out to discover the commercial value of coconut dregs as a solid substrate in the production of amylase through solid state fermentation （SSF） since this agro-waste is fairly rich in nutrients, providing the necessary nutrients supplementation for better microbial activity to produce enzymes. In this study, amylase is to be produced from coconut dregs by Aspergillus niger through solid state fermentation （SSF）. Three parameters were covered, which are incubation time, initial moisture content of substrate and inoculum sizes. SSF was carried out by using incubator at 37 ~C to test for enzyme activity at these following parameters： incubation time： 24, 48, 72, 96 and 120 hours; substrate moisture content： 64, 66, 68, 70 and 72% （w/w）; inoculum sizes： 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 mL spore suspension （5.5 × 10^6 spores/mL）. Enzyme activities were measured through the estimation of liberated reducing sugars after the assay of amylase enzyme by using DNS （3, 5 dinitrosalicylic acid） method. Highest enzyme activities were obtained at these following parameters： incubation time： 72 hours （31.76 U/gds）; initial moisture content ofsubstrate： 66% （26.66 U / gds） and inoculum sizes： 2.0 mL （30.56 U/gds）.展开更多
文摘Traditionally, coconut dregs will be used as animal feed after the extraction of coconut oil and coconut milk from the copra. This study was carried out to discover the commercial value of coconut dregs as a solid substrate in the production of amylase through solid state fermentation （SSF） since this agro-waste is fairly rich in nutrients, providing the necessary nutrients supplementation for better microbial activity to produce enzymes. In this study, amylase is to be produced from coconut dregs by Aspergillus niger through solid state fermentation （SSF）. Three parameters were covered, which are incubation time, initial moisture content of substrate and inoculum sizes. SSF was carried out by using incubator at 37 ~C to test for enzyme activity at these following parameters： incubation time： 24, 48, 72, 96 and 120 hours; substrate moisture content： 64, 66, 68, 70 and 72% （w/w）; inoculum sizes： 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 mL spore suspension （5.5 × 10^6 spores/mL）. Enzyme activities were measured through the estimation of liberated reducing sugars after the assay of amylase enzyme by using DNS （3, 5 dinitrosalicylic acid） method. Highest enzyme activities were obtained at these following parameters： incubation time： 72 hours （31.76 U/gds）; initial moisture content ofsubstrate： 66% （26.66 U / gds） and inoculum sizes： 2.0 mL （30.56 U/gds）.
