What are the best amylase assay kits or substrates/assay methods?

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Sarang Sapre

The different methods of amylase estimation have been discussed in the attached paper.

Gustavo Avelar Molina

Thanks for your contribution, Sarang.

Does anyone know about more modern kits/substrates, such as those based on fluorescence emission?

Thanks again.

Arash Zibaee

hi, please see the enclosed file or refer to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6174829

best,

Slimane Choubane

I've worked with Phadebas amylase test, it is easy to use and gives good activity estimation.