Role of water activity on the synthesis of geranyl butyrate by a Mucor miehei esterase in a solvent-free system

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 1951-1955

  Karra Chaabouni, Maha ^a   Pulvin, Sylviane ^b   Thomas, Daniel ^b   Touraud, Didier ^c   Kunz, Werner ^c  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esterase; Esterification; Geranyl butyrate; Water activity

Indexed keywords

MUCOR MIEHEI;

EID: 0036901630     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021173615101     Document Type: Article

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