Research Article

Characterization of Thermo- and Detergent Stable Antigenic Glycosylated Cysteine Protease of Euphorbia nivulia Buch.-Ham. and Evaluation of Its Ecofriendly Applications

Table 2

Effect of various organic solvents on proteolytic activity.

Sr. no.SolventResidual activity (%)
Concentration of organic solvent (v/v)
30%50%70%

1Control100.0100.0100.0
2Acetone100 ± 0.4398.22 ± 0.6587.21 ± 0.13
3Acetophenone69.89 ± 4.3587.84 ± 1.8664.54 ± 1.46
4Benzyl alcohol80.15 ± 1.4470.68 ± 0.2742.44 ± 0.66
5Benzene95.15 ± 3.8398.80 ± 3.5792.19 ± 2.72
6Butanol63.96 ± 3.4654.68 ± 3.5631.68 ± 3.34
7Chloroform65.05 ± 2.8657.55 ± 2.8526.28 ± 2.35
8Chlorobenzene81.43 ± 2.85100 ± 1.8271.57 ± 2.16
9Dichloromethane58.52 ± 2.3561.20 ± 2. 2434.29 ± 2.37
10Dimethylformamide98.71 ± 5.9790.13 ± 3.0958.63 ± 3.38
11Diethyl ether50.16 ± 6.0575.91 ± 4.7861.39 ± 4.25
12Ethylene glycol100 ± 1.3973.63 ± 3.06 38.14 ± 4.32
13Ethy lacetate58.63 ± 7.8566.83 ± 5.8545.51 ± 4.35
14Methanol71.18 ± 0.9677.59 ± 1.7566.83 ± 1.36
15Propanol84.11 ± 1.7069.89 ± 1.5852.11 ± 1.69
16Tetrahydrofuran70.37 ± 4.8152.50 ± 7.9518.36 ± 5.85
17Trichloroethylene60.81 ± 2.0580.15 ± 2.9070.68 ± 2.37

Data represented in average values ± SD of experiment.