Use
Lipases are widely employed to catalyze hydrolysis, alcoholysis, esterification, interesterification, acidolysis and transesterification of carboxylic esters. Lipases are used as flavor and aroma constituents in the food industry, to produce valuable oleo chemical species for diesel engines, as additives in cosmetic formulations, to remove the pitch from pulp produced in the paper industry, for the hydrolysis of milk fat in the dairy industry, to remove non-cellulosic impurities from raw cotton before further processing into dyed and finished products, for the drug formulations in the pharmaceutical industry, and to remove subcutaneous fat in the leather industry. Lipases are also used to diagnose pancreatitis in patients. clinically lipases help a person who has cystic fibrosis, alzheimers disease, atherosclerosis and act as a candidate target for cancer prevention and therapy.