Open AccessEnzymes: The possibility of production and applications
Author(s) -
B Zivomir Petronijevic
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
hemijska industrija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.147
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2217-7426
pISSN - 0367-598X
DOI - 10.2298/hemind0310486p
Subject(s) - biochemical engineering , production (economics) , chemical industry , yield (engineering) , microbiology and biotechnology , chemical products , environmental pollution , pulp and paper industry , process engineering , chemistry , environmental science , engineering , materials science , organic chemistry , environmental protection , biology , economics , metallurgy , macroeconomics
Enzymes are biological catalysts with increasing application in the food pharmaceutical, cosmetic, textile and chemical industry. They are also important as reagents in chemical analysis, leather fabrications and as targets for the design of new drugs. Keeping in mind the growing need to replace classical chemical processes by alternative ones, because of ever growing environmental pollution, it is important that enzyme and other biotechnological processes are economical. Therefore, price decrease and stability and enzyme preparation efficiency increase are required more and more. This paper presents a short review of methods for yield increase and the improvement of the quality of enzyme products as commercial products, as well as a review of the possibilities of their application