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What are the enzymes used as surfactants?

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What are the enzymes used as surfactants?

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they are not enzymes.. Generally, these are water-soluble surface-active agents comprised of a hydrophobic portion, usually a long alkyl chain, attached to hydrophilic or water solubility enhancing functional groups. Surfactants can be categorized according to the charge present in the hydrophilic portion of the molecule (after dissociation in aqueous solution): anionic surfactants nonionic surfactants cationic surfactants ampholytic surfactants U may visit this website for further info on Surfactant http://en.wikipedia.

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Most surfactants (surface acting agents) are not enzymes at all, but detergents or detergent-like molecules. The most popular are the quaternary ammonium salts, or “quats”. They generally are amphipathic, and so can lift oily stains from a surface in water.

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