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Morteza Eskandari

Dear Danuta Thanks for Your Guidance.

Barbara França Dantas

Dear Morteza,

There you go a recent paper. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbs/v33n3/18.pdf

Actually there is only a method for total (without 70oC incubation) and alpha (with 70oC incubation), but not especifically beta amylase.

Hope it helps.

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Dr Barbara França Dantas, Thanks a lot.