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Enzymes 420<br />

NAME: Ficin (Ficus spp.)<br />

CATEGORY: Enzymes<br />

FOOD USE: Meat and other proteinaceous foods/ Meat and fish/ Eggs and egg products<br />

SYNONYMS: EC 3.4.22.3/ CAS 9001-33-6/ EINECS 232-599-1/ Debricin/ Ficus protease/ Ficus proteinase<br />

PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White powder<br />

SOLUBILITY % AT VARIOUS TEMPERATURE/pH COMBINATIONS:<br />

in water: Very soluble<br />

pH OPTIMUM: 5–7<br />

TEMPERATURE OPTIMUM °C: 65<br />

SIDE ACTIVITIES: Lysozyme, esterase, peroxidase<br />

FUNCTION IN FOODS: Enzyme for chillproofing of beer. Meat tenderising. Preparation of pre-cooked cereals. Processing aid;<br />

tenderising agent; tissue softening agent. Preferential cleavage of lysine, alanine, tyrosine, glycine,<br />

asparagine, leucine, valine<br />

TECHNOLOGY OF USE IN FOODS: Meat and other proteinaceous foods. Meat and fish – tenderisation of meat as liquid, produce fish<br />

hydrolysates as liquid at 2% of protein, enhance fish stick-water effluent treatment as liquid at 0.2%,<br />

removal of oil from tissues as liquid. Eggs and egg products – improve drying properties as<br />

liquid/powder<br />

SYNERGISTS: Reducing compounds<br />

ANTAGONISTS: Oxidising agents

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