Enzymatic production and physicochemical characterization of uncommon wax esters and monoglycerides

• Published in: Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society
• Main Authors: Multzsch, Raimund, Lokotsch, Wolfram, Steffen, Beate, Lang, Siegmund, Metzger, Jürgen O., Schäfer, Hans J., Warwel, Siegfried, Wagner, Fritz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1994
• Subjects: Brewster; Langmuir; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02541428; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1007/BF02541428

Abstract Wax esters from fatty alcohols and uncommon fatty acids were synthesized in yields up to 90% when commercially available microbial lipases from Rhizomucor miehei (Lipozyme ™ ) and Candida antarctica (SP 435) were used with limited water content in nonpolar solvents under mild conditions. Th...