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Application
4-Nitrophenyl ǥ-D-maltohexaoside has been used to assay ǥ-amylase enzyme activity.
Biochem/physiol Actions
4-Nitrophenyl ǥ-D-maltohexaoside serves as a chromogenic substrate for ǥ-amylases and yields a yellow product upon cleavage that can be spectrophotometrically measured at 44 nm.
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