Fats and oils as renewable feedstock for chemistry

European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 865-876

  Metzger, Jürgen O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b Abiosus eV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino fatty acids; Hydroxy fatty acids; Unsaturated fatty acids; Acrylic acid; Glycerol; Linear fatty diacids; Metathesis; Oxidation; Propanediol; Renewable raw materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249126643     PISSN: 14387697     EISSN: 14389312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.200900130     Document Type: Article

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