STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF ULTRASONIC WAVES ON: SUGAR METABOLISM AND SOME ACTIVITIES OF HYDROLYTIC ENZYMES OF ARACHIS HYPOGAEA SEEDLINGS AND CULTURED TISSUES

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University

2 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Helwan University

Abstract

The variation of sugar metabolism and related enzymes of peanut seedlings and cultured tissues by ultrasonic waves were carried out in this work. It was found that reducing sugars and sucrose contents of peanut seedlings are more sensitive to ultrasonication than polysaccharides and total carbohydrate contents. The reduction decrease in direct reducing sugars, sucrose and total carbohydrate contents were proportional with increasing time of exposure.
The present data obtained showed that amylase activity of peanut seedlings and cultured cells were increased with ultrasonication, while invertase activity decreased.