However, instead of wasting gallons of precious water, you will be putting a fine spray of Nature-Loo Enzymes over the compost pile. These enzymes rapidly accelerate the microbiological activity, making Nature-Loo the most efficient composting toilet known to mankind. An enzyme is a substance that acts as a catalyst and initiator in chemical reactions. In most cases an enzyme is a chain of molecules composed of amino acids.
Amino acids are the components which are used to build proteins.
A catalyst is a substance that starts the chemical reaction and speeds the process without being used in the reaction. In a chemical reaction, different substances are broken down into their base components and then changed into new substances. Most of the chemical reactions that occur in microorganisms take more than one step and can require extra components in the middle that aren't actually used to make the products. Enzymes are these extra components. Instead of waiting until there are enough free components to start using the excess material, the reaction can continue converting the molecules in the shortest time possible.