A simple and green procedure for the microbial effective synthesis of 1-phenylethyl alcohol in both enantiomeric forms

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 511-513

  Brzezińska Rodak, Małgorzata ^a   Żymańczyk Duda, Ewa ^a   Klimek Ochab, Magdalena ^a   Kafarski, Paweł ^a   Lejczak, Barbara ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acetophenone; Phenylethyl alcohol; Reduction; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; REDUCTION; YEAST;

ACETOPHENONE; PHENYLETHYL ALCOHOL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33645858760     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-0009-4     Document Type: Article

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