Table 6 Residual activity of the lipolytic crude extract after pre-incubation in various solvents
Organic solvent | Log P | Residual activity (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Solvent concentration % (v/v) | |||||
25 | 50 | 80 | 100 | ||
Methanol | −0.76 | 95.4 ± 0.04 | 42.6 ± 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
Isopropanol | −0.28 | 97.2 ± 0.02 | 21.3 ± 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
Ethanol | −0.24 | 79.6 ± 0.02 | 26.8 ± 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
Acetone | −0.23 | 85.2 ± 0.07 | 32.4 ± 0.04 | 0 | 0 |
Butanol | 0.80 | 0 | |||
Hexano | 3.50 | 20.0 ± 0.04 | |||
Toluene | 2.50 | 15.5 ± 0.01 | |||
n-Heptane | 4.00 | 31.6 ± 0.12 | |||
Iso-octane | 4.51 | 17.4 ± 0.02 | |||