Uses of Laccases in the Food Industry

Table 2

Some prices of commercially available laccases (extracted from [12], with kind permission of Elsevier Ltd).

	Quantity (Units)^a	Price
From Agaricus bisporus	10.000	305.00 (US$)
	100.000	1.560.00 (US$)
From Coriolus versicolor	10.000	250.00 (US$)
	100.000	1.290.00 (US$)
From Pleurotus ostreatus	10.000 (concentrate)	150.00 (US$)
	10.000 (purified)	400.00 (US$)
	100.000 (concentrate)	650.00 (US$)
	100.000 (purified)	1,600.00 (US$)
USBiological
(www.usbio.net/)
From heterologus expression of Trametes versicolor  laccase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae	100 (purified)	169 (US$)
Sigma-Aldrich
From Rhus vernicfiera	10,000	72.30 (US$)
From Agaricus bisporus (≥1.5 U/mg)	1 g	30.50 (US$)
From Coriolus versicolor (≥1 U/mg)	5 g	120.90 (US$)
	1 g	44.00 (US$)
	10 g	358.20 (US$)
Jena BioScience
From Trametes versicolor, Coprinus cinereus and Pycnoporus cinnabarinus	100 U	15.00 (EUR)
	1000 U	75.00 (EUR)

^aThe methodology and expression of laccase activity (Units) are different among the companies.