Synthesis of Surfactants Using Enzymes

Surfactants from Renewable Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 143-165

  Adlercreutz, Patrick ^a   Hatti Kaul, Rajni ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amino acid based surfactants; Carbohydrate esters; D galactose lipase catalysed acylation; Enzymatic de gumming, important industrial process; Enzymatic synthesis of surfactants; Glycerophospholipids biological membrane components; Lipase catalysed carbohydrate ester synthesis efficiency; Modern biotechnology accessing and developing novel biocatalysts; Surfactant synthesis using enzymes; Triacylglycerol glycerolysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886021195     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470686607.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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