Agro-industrial waste is highly nutritious in nature and facilitates microbial growth. Most
agricultural wastes are lignocellulosic in nature; a large fraction of it is composed of …

Agricultural and food-industry residues constitute a major proportion (almost 30%) of
worldwide agricultural production. These wastes mainly comprise lignocellulosic materials …

Sažetak Solid-state fermentation (ssf) is defined as the growth of microbes without free
flowing aqueous phase. The ssf is alternative to submerged fermentation for production of …

Recent advances in pretreatment of lignocellulosic wastes and production of value added
products Page 1 African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 8 (8), pp. 1398-1415, 20 April, 2009 …

A plethora of solid substrates, cultivation conditions and enzyme assay methods have been
used for efficient production and estimation of polygalacturonase and pectin methylesterase …

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 …

Pectic substances are structural heteropolysaccharides that occur in the middle lamellae
and primary cell walls of higher plants. They are composed of partially methyl-esterified …

Polygalacturonases (PGases) or hydrolytic depolymerases are enzymes involved in the
degradation of pectic substances. They have a wide range of applications in food and textile …

Wheat bran, a by-product of wheat milling industry, is the outermost covering of wheat grain.
It has relatively diverse application in food, feed, medicine and fermentation industries due …

Abstract Background and Objectives: In the era of global industrialization, enzymes are
being used extensively in the various sectors including food processing. Owing to the high …