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Alcoholysis of blackcurrant oil mediated by Pseudomonas fluorescens lipase performed at 30 °C in ethanol (96%, v/v) used both as a solvent and as a reactant. After 16 h, 95% of triacylglycerols present in the oil was converted into a mixture consisting of fatty acid ethyl esters, free fatty acids, monoacylglycerols and diacylglycerols. The highest amount of fatty acid ethyl esters (52%) was achieved after 8 h.
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Vacek, M., Zarevúcka, M., Wimmer, Z. et al. Enzymic alcoholysis of blackcurrant oil. Biotechnology Letters 23, 27–32 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026783402886
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