An original transesterification route for fatty acid ester production from vegetable oils in a solvent-free system

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1137-1143

  Goma Doncescu, N ^a,b   Legoy, M D ^a  

^a Lab de Genie Proteique et Cell   (France)

^b Lab Genie Proteique et Cell   (France)

Author keywords

Lipozyme; Solvent free system; Transesterification; Vegetable oils; Wax esters

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ESTERIFICATION; FATTY ACIDS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLUBILITY; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VEGETABLE OILS; VISCOSITY; WAXES;

LIPOZYMES; TRANSESTERIFICATION; WAX ESTER;

ESTERS;

EID: 0031233858     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-997-0037-9     Document Type: Article

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