Purification of tocopherols and phytosterols by a two-step in situ enzymatic reaction

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 339-345

  Watanabe, Yomi ^a   Nagao, Toshihiro ^a   Hirota, Yoshinori ^b   Kitano, Motohiro ^b   Shimada, Yuji ^a  

^a OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Yashiro Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida rugosa lipase; Esterification; Methyl esterification; Phytosterol; Short path distillation; Soybean oil deodorizer distillate; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DETECTORS; DISTILLATION; ENZYMES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MIXTURES;

LIPASE REACTIONS; METHYL ESTERIFICATION; SOLVENT FRACTIONATION; SOYBEAN OILS;

VEGETABLE OILS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA RUGOSA; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 2642530196     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11746-004-0904-9     Document Type: Article

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