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Romney, Arnold and Lipshutz:

It is true that old-school biocatalytic reactions may have resembled a witch’s cauldron, with catalysts being added in the form of ground-up snails (14) but this view is outdated. Nowadays, enzymes can be overexpressed in organisms like E. coli and prepared as solutions or powders that are used just like any other catalyst.

(14) Petricic, J; Kalogjera, Z.; Stanic,́G. Conversion of Glycosides to Aglycones or Shortened Glycosides Using a Biocatalitically Active Extract from the Sea Snails Monodonta Turbinata and Patella Aspera. Pharmazie 1989, 44, 508.