Lipozyme, a registered trademark of

Novo Nordisk Novo Nordisk A/S is a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd, Denmark, with production facilities in nine countries, and affiliates or offices in five countries. Novo Nordisk is controlled by majority shareholder ...

A/S Corp., is a class of

industrial enzymes Industrial enzymes are enzymes that are commercially used in a variety of industries such as pharmaceuticals, chemical production, biofuels, food & beverage, and consumer products. Due to advancements in recent years, biocatalysis through isolat ...

, specifically:

lipase Lipase ( ) is a family of enzymes that catalyzes the hydrolysis of fats. Some lipases display broad substrate scope including esters of cholesterol, phospholipids, and of lipid-soluble vitamins and sphingomyelinases; however, these are usually tr ...

s. Lipozymes can be differentiated by origin - it can be extracted from ''

Mucor miehei ''Rhizomucor miehei'' (also: ''Mucor miehei'' ) is a species of fungus A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar ...

'', '' Thermomyces lanuginosus'', ''

Candida antarctica ''Candida antarctica'' is a yeast species in the genus '' Candida''. ''Candida antarctica'' is a source of important industrial enzymes. Immobilized ''Candida antarctica'' lipase can be used to catalyze the regioselective acylation of flavono ...

'', and others.https://www.novozymes.com/-/media/Project/Novozymes/Website/website/document-library/Advance-your-business/Pharma/Biocatalysis_brochure_Lipases.pdf https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sigma/62350?lang=de®ion=DE For industrial purposes, it can be immobilized on macroporous ion-exchange resins. Lipases like Lipozyme and Novozyme (reg.trademark by

Novozymes Novozymes A/S is a global biotechnology company headquartered in Bagsværd outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. The company's focus is the research, development and production of industrial enzymes, microorganisms, and biopharmaceutical ingredients. ...

) play a big role in the synthesis of

biodiesel Biodiesel is a form of diesel fuel derived from plants or animals and consisting of long-chain fatty acid esters. It is typically made by chemically reacting lipids such as animal fat (tallow), soybean oil, or some other vegetable oil with ...

. Lipozyme is also offered as a

food supplement A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement one's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid. A supplement can provide nutrients either extracted from food sources or that are synthetic in order ...

clad in capsules. It comes in different activities, measured e.g. in IUN/g or KLU/g (IUN = Interesterification Unit, K = Kilo, LU = Lipase unit).https://www.strem.com/uploads/technical_notes/06-3120tech.pdf

References

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