(1) Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular A, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, E-30001 Murcia, Spain
Abstract:
The capability of cyclodextrins to enhance greatly the solubility in water of poorly water-soluble substances makes them an
ideal alter native for investigating the expression of enzyme activity with such substrates in aqueous solution. This capability
is demonstrated by using soybean lipoxygenase with linoleic acid/β-cyclodextrin and di ethylstilbestrol/γ-cyclodextrin, and
cholesterol oxidase with choles terol/methyl-β-cyclodextrin.