Research Article

Determination of Lipoxygenase Activity in Cereals Grains Using a Silver Nanoparticles Assay

Table 3

Lipoxygenase activity (mean and relative standard deviation ) in cereal grains after 12 minutes of reaction (expressed in µMhydroperoxides min−1).

SampleLipoxygenase activity (µMhydroperoxides min−1)
Prism AgNPsFerrous-xylenol orange

Barley0.08 (3.38)0.07 (5.53)2.19
Rice1.32 (2.60)1.31 (2.28)0.27
Wheat0.07 (3.11)0.08 (3.78)2.41