Figure 2.
The Growth and Application of the Enzyme Market. Listed are some of the enzyme categories used by industry and the types of industries where the enzymes are widely employed. A PubMed database was searched for the number of publications from 1998 to 2016 in relation to biocatalysis using the following query: (biocatal*[Title/Abstract]). The total value of the enzyme market is also included, from 1998 [32], to 2016 and the onward estimation up until 2021. The calculated trend-lines clearly show an increase in both market value and biocatalysts discovered.