Industrial Enzymes and Their Applications - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471196606 ISBN 13: 9780471196600

Publisher: Wiley-Interscience, 1998

Synopsis

A comprehensive, accessible, up-to-date catalog of enzymes andtheir uses in modern manufacturing.

Enzymes have long been used by industrial product makers as majorcatalysts to transform raw materials into end products. Nowavailable in English for the first time, Industrial Enzymes andTheir Applications is the only authoritative catalog of enzymeswith in-depth coverage of their varied uses, the classes in whichthey are grouped, and which chemical reagents they have replaced oncurrent mass production lines.

The first section surveys general enzyme characteristics anddiscusses their microbiological origin, including pH andtemperature dependence of the activity and stability of eachenzyme. The next section then examines the most importantindustrial enzymes in use today--includingcarbohydrate-hydrolyz-ing enzymes, proteases, estercleavage-fat-hydrolyzing enzymes, and immobilized enzymes. The lastsection is devoted to specific applications of technical enzymes insuch areas as food processing, beverage production, animalnutrition, leather, and textiles.

Industrial Enzymes and Their Applications offers instant access toa wealth of key enzyme data--an invaluable, wide-ranging resourcefor industrial chemists, biochemists, biochemical engineers, andstudents.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts--agents that permits a reaction to occur at a faster rate or under milder conditions such as lower temperatures. Industrial enzymes are those catalysts used on large production-oriented scales to aid the reactions of mass quantities of chemicals. This new work (based on the highly successful German edition published by Carl Hanser Verlag) represents an authoritative catalog of enzymes and their industrial applications.

About the Author:

DR. HELMUT UHLIG is the former director of research and developmentin the enzyme department at Röhm GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany.Since 1988, he has been a private biotechnology consultant. He isthe author of more than 28 publications about industrial enzymes.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0471196606
• ISBN 13: 9780471196600
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: Uhlig Helmut