Enzyme compositions in tablet form
OwnerHarald Sigmundinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to an enzyme composition in tablet form comprising one or more enzymes, tabletting auxiliaries, effervescent additives and substantially no detergent components, to a process for its preparation and to the use of such enzyme composition for the treatment of textile materials and the use in paper and pulp industry.
Claims8
An enzyme composition in tablet form produced by mixing the crude enzyme powder and the other ingredients in dry powder form and compressing the mixture in a suitable die, said composition comprising
- a) one or more enzymes selected from cellulase, hemicellulase, xylanase, pectinase, peroxidase, laccase or other oxido-reductase,
- b) a disintegrating system comprising an effervescent system or a combination of an effervescent system with a mechanically based disintegrating system (swelling mechanism), in which the effervescent system consists of a solid acid or one or more of its salts and a basic ingredient that evolves carbon dioxide when interacting with acid, and
- c) tabletting auxiliaries.
An enzyme composition according to any one of the preceding claims comprising 0.1 to 90% by weight enzyme, 10 to 90% by weight tabletting auxiliaries, 5 to 90% by weight effervescent components and optional further components.
Process for the preparation of an enzyme composition according to any one of the preceding claims by mixing the crude enzyme powder and the other ingredients in dry powder form and compressing the mixture in a suitable die.
Use of an enzyme composition according to any one of the preceding claims for the treatment of textile materials, for use in starch processing industry or for the use in the pulp and paper industry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.