Alcoholysis of palm oil mid-fraction by lipase from Rhizopus rhizopodiformis

• Main Authors: Basri, Mahiran, Heng, A. C., Abdul Razak, Che Nyonya, Wan Yunus, Wan Md. Zin, Ahmad @ Ayob, Mansor, Raja Abdul Rahman, Raja Noor Zaliha, Ampon, Kamaruzaman, Salleh, Abu Bakar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: AOCS Press 1997
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36007/1/Alcoholysis%20of%20palm%20oil%20mid-fraction%20by%20lipase%20from%20Rhizopus%20rhizopodiformis.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36007/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11746-997-0154-5

A mycelial lipase from Rhizopus rhizopodiformis was prepared in fragment form. The lipase was examined to catalyze the alcoholysis of palm oil mid-fraction (PMF) in organic solvents. High percentage conversions of PMF to alkyl esters were achieved when methanol or propanol was used as acyl acceptor....