Continuous steroid biotransformations in microchannel reactors

New Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 227-234

  Marques, Marco P C ^a   Fernandes, Pedro ^a   Cabral, Joaquim M S ^a   Žnidaršič Plazl, Polona ^b   Plazl, Igor ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; BIOPROCESSES; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; CONVERSION YIELD; ENZYMATIC OXIDATIONS; GAINING MOMENTUM; MICRO CHANNEL REACTORS; MODES OF OPERATION; ORGANIC PHASE; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PROCESS INTENSIFICATION; RESIDENCE TIME; STIRRED TANK; TWO PHASE SYSTEMS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATION; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

MICROCHANNELS;

CATALASE; CHOLEST 4 EN 3 ONE; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHOLESTEROL OXIDATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCHANNEL REACTOR; OXIDATION; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIRRED REACTOR;

CATALASE; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STEROIDS;

EID: 84855801679     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: 18764347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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