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$) |
| 100.000 | 1.290.00 (US$) | |
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| From Pleurotus ostreatus | 10.000 (concentrate) | 150.00 (US$) |
| 10.000 (purified) | 400.00 (US$) | |
| 100.000 (concentrate) | 650.00 (US$) | |
| 100.000 (purified) | 1,600.00 (US$) | |
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| USBiological | ||
| (www.usbio.net/) | ||
| From heterologus expression of Trametes versicolor laccase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 100 (purified) | 169 (US$) |
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| Sigma-Aldrich | ||
| From Rhus vernicfiera | 10,000 | 72.30 (US$) |
| 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$) | |
| 10 g | 358.20 (US$) | |
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| 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.