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Utilization of acid oils in making valuable fatty products by microbial lipase technology

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Microbial lipase-catalyzed hydrolysis, esterification, and alcoholysis reactions were carried out on acid oils of commerce such as coconut, soybean, mustard, sunflower, and rice bran for the purpose of making fatty acids and various monohydric alcohol esters of fatty acids of the acid oils. Neutral glycerides of the acid oils were hydrolyzed byCanadida cylindracea lipase almost completely within 48 h. Acid oils were converted into fatty acid esters of short- and long-chain alcohols like C4, C8, C10, C12, C16, and C18 in high yields by simultaneous esterification and alcoholysis reactions withMucor miehei lipase as catalyst. Acid oils of commerce can be utilized as raw materials in making fatty acids and fatty acid esters using lipase-catalyzed methodologies.

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  1. Department of Chemical Technology, Calcutta University, University Colleges of Science and Technology, 92, Acharyya Prafulla Chandra Road, 700 009, Calcutta, India

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Ghosh, S., Bhattacharyya, D.K. Utilization of acid oils in making valuable fatty products by microbial lipase technology. J Am Oil Chem Soc 72, 1541–1544 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02577851

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