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A 46% γ-linolenic acid (GLA)-containing oil was produced by selective hydrolysis of borage oil (GLA content, 22%) at 35°C for 15 h in a mixture containing 50% water and 20 units (U)/g reaction mixture of Candida rugosa lipase. The GLA content was not raised over 46%, even though the hydrolysis extent was increased by extending the reaction time and by using a larger amount of the lipase. However, 49% GLA-containing oil was produced by hydrolysis in a reaction mixture with 90% water. This result suggested that free fatty acids (FFA) that accumulated in the mixture affected the apparent fatty acid specificity of the lipase in the selective hydrolysis and interfered with the increase of the GLA content. To investigate the kinetics of the selective hydrolysis in a mixture without FFA, glycerides containing 22, 35, and 46% GLA were hydrolyzed with Candida lipase. The result showed that the hydrolysis rate decreased with increasing GLA content of glycerides, but that the release rate of GLA did not change. Thus, it was found that the apparent fatty acid specificity of the lipase in the selective hydrolysis was also affected by glyceride structure. When 46% GLA-containing oil was hydrolyzed at 35°C for 15 h in a mixture containing 50% water and 20 U/g of the lipase, GLA content in glycerides was raised to 54% at 20% hydrolysis. Furthermore, GLA content in glycerides was raised to 59% when the hydrolysis extent reached 60% using 200 U/g of the lipase. These results showed that repeated hydrolysis was effective to produce the higher concentration of GLA oil. Because film distillation was found to be extremely effective for separating FFA and glycerides, large-scale hydrolysis of borage oil was attempted. As a result, 1.5 kg of 56% GLA-containing oil was obtained from 7 kg borage oil by repeated reaction.
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Shimada, Y., Fukushima, N., Fujita, H. et al. Selective hydrolysis of borage oil with Candida rugosa lipase: Two factors affecting the reaction. J Amer Oil Chem Soc 75, 1581–1586 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11746-998-0097-5
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