Enzyme-assisted extraction of bioactives from plants

M Puri, D Sharma, CJ Barrow - Trends in biotechnology, 2012 - cell.com
Demand for new and novel natural compounds has intensified the development of plant-
derived compounds known as bioactives that either promote health or are toxic when …

Recent advances in the production strategies of microbial pectinases—A review

F Amin, HN Bhatti, M Bilal - International journal of biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Pectinases, member of the hydrolases family of enzymes, are one of the important enzymes
of the biotechnological sector with 25% share in the global food and beverage enzyme …

Pectinolytic enzymes-solid state fermentation, assay methods and applications in fruit juice industries: a review

MK Patidar, S Nighojkar, A Kumar, A Nighojkar - 3 Biotech, 2018 - Springer
A plethora of solid substrates, cultivation conditions and enzyme assay methods have been
used for efficient production and estimation of polygalacturonase and pectin methylesterase …

Pectinases: production and applications for fruit juice beverages

A Nighojkar, MK Patidar, S Nighojkar - Processing and sustainability of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Beverage industry for its fruit juice products and fruit softening has been using cell wall
degrading enzymes such as pectinases, cellulases, and proteases. The pectin in the middle …

Biopolymers and nanostructured materials to develop pectinases-based immobilized nano-biocatalytic systems for biotechnological applications

S Zhang, M Bilal, J Zdarta, J Cui, A Kumar… - Food Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pectinases are the emerging enzymes of the biotechnology industry with a 25% share in the
worldwide food and beverage enzyme market. These are green and eco-friendly tools of …

Potential application of pectinase in develo** functional foods

M Khan, E Nakkeeran… - Annual review of food …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The understanding that enzymatic degradation of fruit pectin can clarify juices and improve
juice yields resulted in the search for microbial pectinases and application in vegetable-and …

Production, purification and biochemical characterization of an exo-polygalacturonase from Aspergillus niger MTCC 478 suitable for clarification of orange juice

G Anand, S Yadav, D Yadav - 3 Biotech, 2017 - Springer
Polygalacturonases (PG) represent an important member of pectinases group of enzymes
with immense industrial applications. A fungal strain Aspergillus niger MTCC478 was used …

High-yield production of a low-temperature-active polygalacturonase for papaya juice clarification

T Tu, K Meng, Y Bai, P Shi, H Luo, Y Wang, P Yang… - Food chemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
A novel endo-polygalacturonase (endo-PG I) from Achaetomium sp. Xz8 was identified,
overexpressed in Pichia pastoris, and characterized in this report. Recombinant endo-PG I is …

Recent advances in polygalacturonase: Industrial applications and challenges

S Liu, L Tian, Y Cong, Q Shi, L Wang, Y Lu… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the applications of polygalacturonase (PG), one of the most
commercially produced enzymes on the biocatalyst market, in the food, beverage, feed …

Pectinases: from microbes to industries

G Anand, S Yadav, R Gupta, D Yadav - Microorganisms for sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pectinases are a group of enzymes that degrade pectic substances present in plant cell
walls. Depending upon their nature, whether acidic or alkaline, they play an important role in …