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Hydrolysis of sunflower oil by means of hydrophobic membrane with lipolytic activity

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Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) membranes of different porosity were used for lipase from Rhizopus immobilization. The immobilized enzyme applied to sunflower oil hydrolysis achieved the activity of 1228 U/m2 of the membrane area and the half-life time was calculated to be 7 days.

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  1. Inst. of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Technical University of Wroclaw, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370, Wroclaw, Poland

    Magdalena Rucka & Bozena Turkiewicz

  2. Technical University of Szczecin, Al. Piastow 17, 70-310, Szczecin, Poland

    Maria Tomaszewska & Nikodem Chlubek

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Rucka, M., Turkiewicz, B., Tomaszewska, M. et al. Hydrolysis of sunflower oil by means of hydrophobic membrane with lipolytic activity. Biotechnol Lett 11, 167–172 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01026050

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