Table 2.

CMCase activity and stability in different organic solvents

Organic solvents	Activity (%)	Stability (%)
Control	100 ± 2.3	100 ± 1.8
Methanol	103 ± 1.6	96 ± 2.5
Chloroform	120 ± 1.6	146 ± 2.5
Toluene	113 ± 2.2	107 ± 1.8
DMF	49 ± 2.5	37 ± 2.5
Diethyl ether	100 ± 1.8	102 ± 2.5
Isopropanol	70 ± 2.3	94 ± 1.6
n-butanol	107 ± 1.7	87 ± 2.2
DMSO	115 ± 1.6	72 ± 1.8
Cyclohexane	134 ± 2.2	109 ± 2.2

The enzyme activity in the absence of organic solvents was taken as control (100%)