11 Modification of Oils and Fats by
Lipase-Catalyzed Interesterification:
Aspects of Process Engineering
Xuebing Xu
Abbreviations and symbols*
CBE cocoa butter equivalents
DAG diacylglycerols
DHA docosahexaenoic acid
EPA eicosapentaenoic acid
FFA free fatty acids
HMF human milk fat
L long-chain fatty acids
LCFA long-chain fatty acids (C 14 -C 22 )
LLL triacylglycerols containing only long-chain fatty acids
LMM triacylglycerols containing one long-chain fatty acid and
two medium-chain fatty acids
sn-LML triacylglycerols with LCFA at thesn-1,3 positions and MCFA at the
sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone, similar forsn-LLM,
sn-MLM, etc.
M medium-chain fatty acids
MAG monoacylglycerols
MCFA medium-chain fatty acids (C 8 -C 12 )
MCT medium-chain triacylglycerols
MMM triacylglycerols containing only medium-chain fatty acids
PBR packed-bed reactor
PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids
RSM response surface methodology
SL structured lipids
SSL specific structured lipids
TAG triacylglycerols
STR stirred-tank reactor
X (Y) unknown fatty acids
XXX (YYY) any triacylglycerols only containing fatty acid X (Y)
* Other symbols and uncommon abbreviations used in equations, formula, and fig-
ures are explained in the places where they appear or in the figure legends.
Enzymes in Lipid Modification.Edited by Uwe T. Bornscheuer
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