The interaction between chrysotile and three lysosomal enzymes (acid phosphatase, acid RNase and acid protease) in isolated lysosomal enzyme-rich preparations (LEP), from sheep alveolar macrophages maintained in the presence and absence of serum components or pulmonary surfactant at pH 5.0 and pH 7.0 for up to 22 days, is investigated. It is concluded that chrysotile does not inhibit or enhance...

The activity of oxidative and hydrolytic enzymes of the edible and medicinal white rot fungi Coprinus cinereus (Schaeff.) Gray mushroom was observed during mycelia growth and fruiting body development in solid substrate fermentation using sisal waste fractions amended with cow dung manure as supplement. Laccase had the highest titre value among the five detected enzymes. Its activity was higher...

to determine the extent and the size of the environment pollution with heavy metals, biologicalmethods, investigating the enzymatic activity of soil can be applied. most frequently, the enzymes investigated in the soils threatened with anthropogenic contamination are phosphatases, dehydrogenases as reacting fastest to the increase in the content of heavy metals in the environment. the aim of th...

Increasing competition in the livestock industry has forced producers to cut costs by adopting new technologies aimed at increasing production efficiency. One particularly promising technology is feeding enzymes as supplements for animal diets. Supplementation of diets for non-ruminants (e.g., swine and poultry) with fibrolytic enzymes, such as cellulases, xylanases and beta-glucanases, increas...

The potential of wood-rotting and litter-deconstructing basidiomycetes to convert lignocellulose into a wide variety products has been extensively studied. In particular, basidiomycete secretomes are attracting much attention from researchers biotechnology companies due their ability produce extracellular hydrolytic oxidative enzymes that effectively degrade cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin pla...