Competition of Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase with its hydrolysis products at the oil–water interface

In this study, we propose that enzyme activity on immobilization can be controlled and enhanced by providing the environment mimicking the lipid/water interface.

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Enzymatic Synthesis of Estolides from Castor Oil

Catalysts ◽

10.3390/catal10080835 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 835

Author(s):

Amine Arslan ◽

Anders Rancke-Madsen ◽

Jesper Brask

Keyword(s):

Castor Oil ◽

Acid Value ◽

Candida Antarctica ◽

Consumer Products ◽

Thermomyces Lanuginosus ◽

Candida Antarctica Lipase ◽

Thermomyces Lanuginosus Lipase ◽

Simple Alternative ◽

Lipase A ◽

Oil Water

Estolides are fatty acid polyesters with applications in both industry and consumer products. Recently, reports have emerged detailing lipase-catalyzed synthesis of estolides from free hydroxy fatty acids. In this paper, we describe a simple alternative enzymatic process, in which castor oil is directly converted to an estolide mixture by Candida antarctica lipase A (CALA) catalyzed transesterification. The reaction mixture is analyzed by NMR to determine the estolide number (EN) and MALDI MS to identify individual components, in addition to titration to determine the acid value (AV). Estolide trimers and tetramers (EN 2–3) were formed over 24 h in a system with 2:1 (v/v) castor oil–water. Further, utilizing different lipase specificities, addition of Thermomyces lanuginosus lipase (TLL), allowed the CALA product mixture to be cleaned up by hydrolyzing attached glycerol. In addition, a three-enzyme process is suggested, in which a simple alcohol is added and Candida antarctica lipase B (CALB) is used to esterify carboxylic acids to lower AV.

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Porous materials from cellulose nanocrystal and mxene surfactants at the oil/water interface

10.1021/scimeetings.0c07366 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Bingqing qian ◽

Haiqiao Wang ◽

Dong Wang ◽

Hao-Bin Zhang ◽

Jessica Wu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Porous Materials ◽

Cellulose Nanocrystal ◽

Water Interface ◽

Oil Water

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Polarizability and nonpolarizability of oil-water interfaces with relevance to a.c. impendance measurements

Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications ◽

10.1135/cccc19910112 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 56 (1) ◽

pp. 112-129 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Takashi Kakiuchi ◽

Mitsugi Senda

Keyword(s):

Charge Transfer ◽

Numerical Calculation ◽

Supporting Electrolyte ◽

Water Interface ◽

Migration Effect ◽

Ac Current ◽

Stationary Interface ◽

Oil Water ◽

Anion Transfer

We have estimated the degree of polarizability of a polarized oil-water interface used as a working interface and that of the nonpolarizability of a nonpolarized interface used as a reference oil-water interface from the numerical calculation of dc and ac current vs potential behavior at both interfaces. Theoretical equations of dc and ac currents for simultaneous cation and anion transfer of supporting electrolytes have been derived for the planar stationary interface for reversible and quasi-reversible cases. In the derivation, the migration effect and the coupling of the cation and anion transfer have been incorporated. The transfer of ions constituting a supporting electrolyte contributes to the total admittance of the interface even in the region where the interface may be considered as polarized in dc sense, as pointed out first by Samec et al. (J. Electroanal. Chem. 126, 121 (1981)). Moreover, the reference oil-water interface is not ideally reversible, so that the contribution from this interface to the measured admittance cannot be negligible, unless the area of the reference oil-water interface is much larger than that of the working oil-water interface. The effect of non-ideality of the reference oil-water interface on the determination of double layer capacitances and kinetic parameters of charge transfer at the working oil-water interface has been estimated.

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