3.6. Hydrolysis products of inulin
The paper chromatogram procedure employed to characterize the mode of action of the enzyme produced by the marine-derived fungus A. terreus and particularly, if it is of the endo- or exo-type. Analysis of the products of inulin hydrolysis after 15 min, showed the presence of fructose (Fig. 5). Release of fructose as an end product of inulin hydrolysis states that inulinase of A. terreus was an exoacting enzyme. These results agreed with who reported the production of fructose as an end product of inulin hydrolysis by a newly isolated Aspergillus tubingensis CR16 inulinase enzyme. also reported that the inulinases of A. alternata and A. niger hydrolyse inulin through an exo-type reaction producing fructose. Fructose is an