Lipase catalyzed ester synthesis for food processing industries

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Aravindan Rajendran¹  Anbumathi Palanisamy¹  Viruthagiri Thangavelu¹ 

[1] ,Annamalai University Department of Chemical Engineering Biochemical Engineering LaboratoryTamil Nadu,India

关键词: Lipase;    food applications;    ester;    esterification;    synthesis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1516-89132009000100026

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Lipases are one of the most important industrial biocatalyst which catalyzes the hydrolysis of lipids. It can also reverse the reaction at minimum water activity. Because of this pliable nature, it is widely exploited to catalyze the diverse bioconversion reactions, such as hydrolysis, esterification, interesterification, alcoholysis, acidolysis and aminolysis. The property to synthesize the esters from the fatty acids and glycerol promotes its use in various ester synthesis. The esters synthesized by lipase finds applications in numerous fields such as biodiesel production, resolution of the recemic drugs, fat and lipid modification, flavour synthesis, synthesis of enantiopure pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. It plays a crucial role in the food processing industries since the process is unaffected by the unwanted side products. Lipase modifications such as the surfactant coating, molecular imprinting to suit for the non-aqueous ester synthesis have also been reported. This review deals with lipase catalyzed ester synthesis, esterification strategies, optimum conditions and their applications in food processing industries.

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