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that found for the electrode working with the biocatalysts bound by adsorption toj- carrageenan. The linearity ranges were 34 mg ...

long period of time. In this way, they can be used long-term in either the economic production of phospholipids, or for analytic ...

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14 Enzymatic Conversions of Glycerophospholipids Patrick Adlercreutz 14.1 Introduction Glycerophospholipids, which are present i ...

due to the large number of possible combinations and the small differences in the properties of the different molecular species. ...

followed by esterification (Figure 2), or as a one-step process of transesterification (Figure 3). In fact, the two approaches i ...

When the fatty acid exchange reactions involve intermediates with free hydroxyl groups adjacent to acyl groups, there is a risk ...

pases which are selective for the 1- and 3-positions in triglycerides are selective for thesn-1 position of glycerophospholipids ...

In the above-mentioned examples, the regioselective removal of fatty acids was achieved using hydrolysis reactions, but alcoholy ...

tion of glycerophosphate, is a liquid at room temperature and can thus function both as substrate and solvent in the reaction. T ...

means of obtaining very high yields of 1-acyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphate (LPA1) was to carry out the reaction at a temperature belo ...

strates) was used as solvent. At temperatures favoring the precipitation of the mono- acylated products, LPC, high yields were o ...

14.5.2 Phospholipase A 2 -catalyzed esterification The phospholipase A 2 -catalyzed esterification of lysophospholipids, especia ...

under conditions which induce acyl migration, fully acylated lipids can be prepared. As mentioned earlier, the lipase-catalyzed ...

tion. Some lysophospholipid must be formed (see Figure 3), but in the final product there should not be too much of this materia ...

Phospholipase D functions well in both hydrolysis and transphosphatidylation reactions. In the latter, alcohols occurring natura ...

14.9 Possibleexchangereactionsinglycerophospholipids Reactions catalyzed by lipases and phospholipases which have reported to wo ...

Egger, D., Wehtje, E., Adlercreutz, P. (1997), Characterization and optimization of phospholipase A 2 catalyzed synthesis of pho ...