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Production of specific‐structured triacylglycerols by lipase‐catalyzed reactions: a review
Author(s) -
Xu Xuebing
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
european journal of lipid science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.614
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1438-9312
pISSN - 1438-7697
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1438-9312(200004)102:4<287::aid-ejlt287>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - lipase , chemistry , organic chemistry , substrate (aquarium) , substrate specificity , food science , catalysis , enzyme , biology , ecology
Regiospecificity is one of the major advantages of using lipase technology for the modification of oils and fats to produce high‐value added products, such as cocoa butter equivalents, human milk fat substitutes, and other specific‐structured lipids. Due to the high cost of biocatalysts, the mainstream applications of lipases for normal oils and fats are still limited. Therefore, positional specificity of lipases has the priority and will be the target property to be exploited for commercial and industrial developments, because no chemical method has such a specificity and is promising or possible for this task. In this paper, encouraging products resulting from this regiospecificity are reviewed together with the critical evaluation of their reaction schemes, side reactions and by‐products, sources of substrate oils and acyl donors, and production processes.