Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of N-arachidonoyl glycine

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1211-1216

  Goujard, L ^a   Figueroa, M C ^a   Villeneuve, P ^a  

^a UMR IATE   (France)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Biocatalysis; Fatty amide; Glycine; Lipase

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ACYLATION; ENZYMES; ESTERS; HYDROLYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AMIDES; GLYCINE; LIPASES;

ENZYME KINETICS;

CANDIDA ANTARCTICA;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE DERIVATIVE; LIPASE B, CANDIDA ANTARCTICA; N ARACHIDONYLGLYCINE; N-ARACHIDONYLGLYCINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; EVALUATION; HYDROLYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ARACHIDONIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLYCINE; HYDROLYSIS; LIPASE; N-SUBSTITUTED GLYCINES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 16644373421     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000036597.25673.33     Document Type: Article

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