Difference between revisions of "Team:Paris Bettencourt/Project/Phytase"
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Anemia affects one third of the world's population, most of which is iron deficiency related (Gupta et al. 2015). Anemia and similar mineral deficiency diseases are primarily widespread in developing countries like India, due to their diet mainly made up of cereal grains and seeds such as rice (O'Dell et al.1972). In these types of food, the iron bioavailability is substantially reduced by the presence of phytic acid (C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>18</sub>O<sub>24</sub>P<sub>6</sub>) that chelates minerals and form insoluble salts which precludes their absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. <br> | Anemia affects one third of the world's population, most of which is iron deficiency related (Gupta et al. 2015). Anemia and similar mineral deficiency diseases are primarily widespread in developing countries like India, due to their diet mainly made up of cereal grains and seeds such as rice (O'Dell et al.1972). In these types of food, the iron bioavailability is substantially reduced by the presence of phytic acid (C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>18</sub>O<sub>24</sub>P<sub>6</sub>) that chelates minerals and form insoluble salts which precludes their absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. <br> | ||
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<p class="legend"><b>Figure 2:</b>Phytase hydrolyzes phytic acid.</p> | <p class="legend"><b>Figure 2:</b>Phytase hydrolyzes phytic acid.</p> | ||
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<p>To test our experiment, we used a colormetric kit to measure the quantity of phytic acid .</p> | <p>To test our experiment, we used a colormetric kit to measure the quantity of phytic acid .</p> | ||
<img style="display:block;margin:auto" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/a/a0/ParisBettencourt_SchemaprojetGJGZDB.jpeg" width="1000px"> | <img style="display:block;margin:auto" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2015/a/a0/ParisBettencourt_SchemaprojetGJGZDB.jpeg" width="1000px"> | ||
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