Enzymes (enzymes production)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product enzymes' refer to the organic substance group of enzymes represented by a mix of three enzymes. Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts which can accelerate reactions. Enzymes are mostly liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure. The product is modelled as a mixture of pure substances. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. On a consumer level is used in the following products: Besides their biologic funtions (e.g. in the human metabolism) enzymes are applied in varius industries as the biofuel industry brewing industry cooking industy dairy industry food processing molecular biology paper industry personal care industry and the starch industry. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on industrial sites. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.