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(a) Why are the fruit juices brought fro...

(a) Why are the fruit juices brought from market clearer as compared to those made at home?
(b) Name the bioactive molecule produced by Trichoderma polysporum.

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(a) The fruit juices available in the market are made clarified by treating them with the enzymes- pectinases and proteases. So, they are clearer as compare to those made at home.
(b) Trichoderma polysporum is used to produce immuno suppressive agent cyclosporine A. Monascus purpureus is used to produce blood-cholesterol lowering agents statins.
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