Table 6.
Effect of detergents and surfactants on protease activity at 1 and 5% concentration. The enzyme activity was taken as 100% in absence of any of these agents.
| Surfactant/detergent | Relative activity (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| 1% | 5% | |
| Control | 100 ± 1.91 | 100 ± 2.21 |
| Triton X-100 | 94 ± 2.12 | 82 ± 1.91 |
| Tween-20 | 120 ± 2.60 | 103 ± 2.47 |
| Tween-80 | 80 ± 1.84 | 86 ± 1.79 |
| SDS | 73 ± 1.77 | 51 ± 1.42 |
| Surf Excel | 84 ± 1.68 | 56 ± 1.64 |
| Tide | 79 ± 1.93 | 63 ± 2.91 |
| Aerial | 91 ± 1.99 | 76 ± 2.36 |
| Wheel | 85 ± 2.1 | 65 ± 1.78 |
| Chameli | 80 ± 1.87 | 66 ± 2.10 |
| Ghadi | 78 ± 1.56 | 107 ± 2.89 |