The extents of hydrolysis on the cassava starch by the enzymes at different concentrations are presented in Figure 3. Increase in enzyme concentrate, temperature and time all affect the rate of hydrolyzing cassava starch to hydrolysates.
There were variations in the values of dextrose equivalent produced by cassava starch samples at
different reaction times with the enzymes. The highest value was recorded at 48 h after which a decrease was observed. The cassava starch samples generally yielded the highest dextrose equivalents (glucose concentration) at 40oC. In general, enzyme concentration of 1.0% v/v gave the highest dextrose equivalent.