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Table 1 General interest of lipase-related applications during the last four decades

From: Orchestration an extracellular lipase production from Aspergillus niger MYA 135: biomass morphology and fungal physiology

Search methodology (field combinations)

Database

PubMed

Patentscope

Lipase

AND (lipase application combined with OR)

AND

Date of publication

Decade

Total

Decade

Total

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

1980–2020

1980–1989

1990–1999

2000–2009

2010–2019

1980–2020

Lipase applications

Number of documents

Pharmaceutical, Medical diagnostic

2

8

50

170

240

2

76

211

302

602

Oleochemical, Bio/fuela

0

1

15

346

369

0

1

22

84

105

Agrochemical

0

0

0

4

5

0

4

1

3

8

Food, Flavour

233

289

616

1,299

2509

13

100

289

584

1035

Detergent

49

65

65

134

322

32

179

100

211

535

Biosensor

0

0

8

46

56

0

4

2

6

12

Waste, Valorization, Waste management, Bioremediation

2

20

127

354

529

2

18

58

153

233

Cosmetic

0

4

28

117

156

0

26

99

49

171

  1. aTo represent the scope of this article, the keyword biofuel was more appropriated in PubMed database; while, the keyword fuel was more appropriated in Patentscope database