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Have the uses of enzyme technology in industry and medicine been of benefit to society?
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Have the uses of enzyme technology in industry and medicine been of benefit to society? Enzyme's are used all round the world all the time and are have huge potential in the commercial world. In this essay, I am going to look at two sides of the argument for which if enzyme technology is beneficial to our society through medicine and industry. (1) Industrial uses of enzymes include using enzymes for the confectionery market. Traditionally sucrose was used to produce the sweetness of soft drinks or in artificial sweeteners, now a high fructose syrup is used which is created from enzymes. Fructose is used, as it is cheap and sweeter than sucrose. The four enzymes used to produce this syrup are bacteria alpha - amylase, fungal amyloglucosidase, pullulanse, and bacterial glucose isomerase. The glucose isomerase is used to convert the originally glucose into a mixture of fructose and glucose. Enzymes are...
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