Two commercial enzymes, Celluclast 1.5 L (Celluclast) and Viscozyme, were
kindly supplied by Novozymes Ltd. (Denmark); Pectinase G (Pectinase) was
obtained from Amano Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan) and beta-glucosidase was obtained
from Wako (Tokyo, Japan). Celluclast is a cellulase with a claimed activity of
700 EGU/g. Viscozyme is an endo-1,3(4)-beta-glucanase with a claimed activity of
100 FBG/g. Pectinase is a polygalacturonase with a claimed activity of 1200 U/g. Betaglucosidase
has an activity of 37 U/mg. The activities of the enzymes reported here
are as claimed in the description in the suppliers’ product sheets.