Digestive enzyme activity in developing grouper (Epinephelus coioides) larvae
Abstract
This study was undertaken to determine the activities of alkaline and acid type proteases [proteinases], α-amylase, lipase [triacylglycerol lipase], trypsin, chymotrypsin, leucine aminopeptidase [cytosol aminopeptidase], and alkaline and acid phosphatases during larval development of the grouper, Epinephelus coioides. The maximum variation in specific activities of alkaline and acid type proteases, α-amylase, lipase, trypsin, chymotrypsin, leucine aminopeptidase, and acid and alkaline phosphatases in the digestive tract of grouper larvae was mostly related to the onset or the end of metamorphosis during larval development.
Suggested Citation
Eusebio, P. S., Toledo, J. D., Mamauag, R. E. P., & Bernas, M. J. G. (2004). Digestive enzyme activity in developing grouper (Epinephelus coioides) larvae. In M. A. Rimmer, S. McBride, & K. C. Williams (Eds.), Advances in grouper aquaculture (pp. 35–40). Canberra: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research.