Lipase-catalyzed synthesis of red pitaya (Hylocereus polyrhizus) seed oil esters for cosmeceutical applications: process optimization using response surface methodology

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Asiah, Abd Gani, Siti Salwa, Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin, Abdul Haiyee, Zaibunnisa, Zaidan, Uswatun Hasanah, Kassim, Mohd Azlan, Halmi, Mohd Izuan Effendi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Society of Chemistry 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81236/1/PITAYA.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81236/; https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/ra/c8ra09418g#!divAbstract

Esters were synthesized via the alcoholysis of red pitaya seed oil with oleyl alcohol catalyzed by immobilized lipase, Lipozyme RM IM. The effects of synthesis parameters, including temperature, time, substrate molar ratio and enzyme loading, on the yield and productivity of esters were assessed usi...