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Solvent-free glycerolysis of palm and palm kernel oils catalyzed by a 1,3-specific lipase and fatty acid composition of glycerolysis products

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Palm and palm kernel oils were reacted with glycerol using a 1,3-positional specific commercial lipase from Rhizopus delemar, Lipase D ‘Amano’ 100 (40 °C, 500 Units lipase/g oil) in the absence of solvent. After 24 h, partial acylglycerols contents of the glycerolysis products of palm and palm kernel oils were 66% (w/w) and 64% (w/w), respectively. The highest monoacylglycerols content (30% w/w) was obtained in the glycerolysis product of palm oil. Lipase showed selectivity in glycerolysis on saturated fatty acids, especially for palmitic and stearic acids.

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  1. Chemical Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University, 80626, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

    Melek Tüter, Banu Babalı, Öznur Köse, Şenay Dural & H. Ayşe Aksoy

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Tüter, M., Babalı, B., Köse, Ö. et al. Solvent-free glycerolysis of palm and palm kernel oils catalyzed by a 1,3-specific lipase and fatty acid composition of glycerolysis products. Biotechnology Letters 21, 245–248 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005464021613

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