Abstract
The arginase enzyme was bound to porous silica using a reactive polymer where two types of nanomaterials were entrapped, i.e., carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs). For the first time, it was shown that BNNTs were highly efficient for increasing the performance of a particulate bioactive support. Also, we demonstrated that BNNTs enhanced more strongly this effect in comparison with CNTs. In addition, with this novel bioactive support, the relative IC50 values of the well-known arginase inhibitors were found to be in agreement with those derived by the conventional spectrometric method. It was shown the ethylacetate extract of the roots of Spirotropis longifolia (SL) and of the ethanol extract of sunflower (Helianthus annuus) seed (SS) and Lonicera japonica Thunb, i.e., honeysuckle (H) on the arginase activity inhibited the enzyme activity.
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