Enzymatic Production of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters by Hydrolysis of Acid Oil Followed by Esterification

• Published in: Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society
• Main Authors: Watanabe, Yomi, Nagao, Toshihiro, Nishida, Yutaka, Takagi, Yoshiaki, Shimada, Yuji
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11746-007-1143-4; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1007/s11746-007-1143-4

Abstract Acid oil, a by‐product of vegetable oil refining, was enzymatically converted to fatty acid methyl esters (FAME). Acid oil contained free fatty acids (FFA), acylglycerols, and lipophilic compounds. First, acylglycerols (11 wt%) were hydrolyzed at 30 °C by 20 units Candida rugosa lipase/g‐mi...