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Pyruvate decarboxylase<br />

Saccharomyces cerevisiae<br />

4) Process parameters<br />

reactor type: batch<br />

reactor volume: 30,000 L<br />

capacity: 120 t · a –1<br />

enzyme consumption:<br />

production site:<br />

6 gyeast ·kgPAC Hyderabad, India<br />

company: Krebs Biochemicals & Industries Ltd., India<br />

5) Product application<br />

● Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are used for the treatment of asthma, hay fever and as a<br />

bronchodilating agent and decongestant.<br />

6) Literature<br />

● Dr. Ravi, R.T., Krebs Biochemicals Ltd., personal communication<br />

EC 4.1.1.1<br />

● Cheetham, P.S.J. (1994) Case studies in applied biocatalysis – from ideas to products, in:<br />

Applied Biocatalysis (Cabral, J.M.S., Best, D., Boross, L., Tramper, J., eds.), pp. 87–89, Harwood<br />

Academic Publishers, USA<br />

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