Washing powder has a history of more than 100 years. German Henkel invented washing powder for the first time in 1907 using borate and silicate as the main raw materials. Washing powder is an alkaline synthetic detergent. The main component of washing powder is anionic surfactant: sodium ... Views: 353
Do you know when enzymes begin to be produced in the human body? The answer is that they existed during the egg and sperm period. It is also because of the activity of the enzyme that the egg and sperm can be combined. Cell division must use enzyme as the medium, so that the egg and sperm can ... Views: 274
Dairy products are an indispensable part of daily life for each of us. Strangely, we often hear that someone will have abdominal pain and diarrhea after drinking pure milk, and this reaction is definitely not caused by food spoilage.
There is such a disease called lactose intolerance. People ... Views: 204
Metabolomics is a discipline that studies the types and quantities of endogenous metabolites in organisms and their changing laws under internal and external factors. It is an important part of systems biology. In the late 1990s, Nicholson first proposed the concept of "metabonomics", which ... Views: 199
What is Proteomics?
Proteome refers to all the proteins expressed by a genome or a cell or tissue. Proteome is a dynamic concept. It is to explore the mode of action, functional mechanism, regulation and control of proteins as well as the mutual relationship within the protein population at the ... Views: 198
Although there are thousands of enzymes in the human body, the most significant impact on human nutritional intake is digestive enzymes. The lack of sufficient active digestive enzymes not only prevents food nutrients from being fully absorbed, but also affects the efficiency of muscle synthesis ... Views: 193
In order to improve the quality of raw materials during the processing and production of Western-style pastry, some additives are often needed to assist the processing in the initial processing stage. However, for different taste needs, if the appropriate selection and dosage adjustment of these ... Views: 171
Lack of enzymes, especially lipase deficiency, may cause vascular problems such as cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure. If the lack of lipase occurs in certain parts of the body, it may also cause obesity. It has been reported that obese patients have less lipase in adipose tissue. ... Views: 169
Once upon a time, breast milk was considered the best food for babies. Until now, many people still believe in this. However, even the most perfect food in nature can be contaminated by the earth's ecology destroyed by humans. The pollution and destruction of the ecological environment and the ... Views: 165
Various biochemical reactions continue to occur in organisms, which require corresponding enzymes to catalyze, so there are many types of enzymes. According to statistics from the enzyme website BRENDA, the number of enzymes officially included has reached 7,984.
To study and apply these ... Views: 161
High school textbooks say that most enzymes are proteins. This sentence is not comprehensive, and you can't know this fact just by deduction—enzymes are not only proteins, but also RNases.
What is an enzyme?
Enzymes are defined as macromolecules capable of catalyzing biochemical reactions. ... Views: 159
Enzyme preparations have penetrated into all aspects of our lives due to their high efficiency, safety, non-toxic side effects and low environmental impact. For example, the bread we eat, the juice and beverage we drink, the seasoning for cooking, and the paper documents we use can all use ... Views: 157
Industrialization has changed our past dietary habits of natural foods. At the same time, environmental pollution makes our food more or less contaminated. Hypertension, coronary heart disease, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, obesity and other cardiovascular diseases based on the typical symptoms of ... Views: 151
There are more than 50 kinds of microorganisms (including aerobic bacteria and anaerobic bacteria) living in the vagina of healthy women, and it is also a microbial ecology. Aerobic bacteria include: vaginal bacillus (dominant), corynebacterium, non-hemolytic streptococcus, enterococcus, ... Views: 146
At present, people have a deep understanding of the importance of macro-ecological balance, but micro-ecological balance is far from receiving the attention it deserves. Understanding the importance of the micro-ecological balance of the human body and maintaining the micro-ecological balance ... Views: 131
As research on intestinal microbes continues, probiotics are flooding the market. The industrial applications of probiotics continue to flourish. So far, the application of probiotics has covered many aspects such as fermented foods, dietary supplements, health care products additives, and ... Views: 127
There are as many as four to five hundred kinds of bacteria in the human intestine, some of which secrete antibiotic-like substances to combat harmful bacteria such as Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Candida albicans, and Clostridium perfringens. Such bacteria are called probiotics. The presence ... Views: 126
Cancer, or malignant tumor, has become one of the most common fatal diseases. There are about 11 million new cancer cases in the world every year, and new cancer cases in China account for 20.3% each year. It has always been a major public enemy threatening health. The occurrence of cancer is ... Views: 125
At the beginning of the 20th century, the enzymes in body fluids were measured clinically to diagnose diseases. For example, Wohlgemuth measured amylase (AMY) in urine as early as 1908 to diagnose acute pancreatitis. In the 1930s, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) was clinically tested for the ... Views: 116
Probiotics and gut microbiota have been international research hotspots and social hot topics in recent years. In media reports, probiotics often have various health effects and can "treat multiple diseases"; however, some media reports that "probiotics are useless" or even "probiotics are ... Views: 91
Enzymes are biocatalysts produced by living cells in organisms, most of which are usually globular proteins. These enzymes can effectively catalyze various biochemical reactions and promote the metabolism of organisms under normal human conditions. Life activities such as digestion, absorption, ... Views: 86
The modern industry's interpretation of enzymes refers to proteins with catalytic functions. Enzymes, as natural catalysts, promote various chemical reactions in cells and play a vital role in the existence of living organisms. It has been 130 to 140 years since the concept of enzyme was put ... Views: 84
Disinfection methods are divided into physical methods, chemical methods and biological methods. The use of biological enzymes as disinfectants should be one of the biological disinfection methods. Biological disinfection is the use of animals, plants, microorganisms and (or) their metabolites ... Views: 79
In 2018, the global enzyme product market reached approximately US$9.3 billion. It is expected that from 2019 to 2025, this market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.1%, reaching a scale of US$14.9 billion. Increasing demand for enzymes in industries such as food and beverages, ... Views: 77