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Purification of γ‐linolenic acid from borage oil by a two‐step enzymatic method
Author(s) -
Shimada Yuji,
Sugihara Akio,
Shibahiraki Masahiro,
Fujita Hiroyuki,
Nakano Hirofumi,
Nagao Toshihiro,
Terai Tadamasa,
Tominaga Yoshio
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/s11746-997-0255-1
Subject(s) - chemistry , lipase , chromatography , hydrolysis , alcohol , hexane , triacylglycerol lipase , enzyme , fatty acid , ethanol , food science , biochemistry
γ‐Linolenic acid (GLA) was purified from borage oil by a two‐step enzymatic method. The first step involved hydrolysis of borage oil (GLA content, 22.2 wt%) with lipase, Pseudomonas sp. enzyme (LIPOSAM). A mixture of 3 g borage oil, 2 g water, and 5000 units (U) LIPOSAM was incubated at 35°C with stirring at 500 rpm. The reaction was 91.5% complete after 24 h. The resulting free fatty acids (FFA) were extracted from the reaction mixture with n ‐hexane (GLA content, 22.5 wt%; recovery of GLA, 92.7%). The second step involved selective esterification of borage‐FFA with lauryl alcohol by using Rhizopus delemar lipase. A mixture containing 4 g borage‐FFA/lauryl alcohol (1:2, mol/mol), 1 g water, and 1000 U lipase was incubated at 30°C for 20 h with stirring at 500 rpm. Under these conditions, 74.4% of borage‐FFA was esterified, and the GLA content in the FFA fraction was enriched from 22.5 to 70.2 wt% with a recovery of 75.1% of the initial content. To further elevate the GLA content, unesterified fatty acids were extracted, and esterified again in the same manner. By this repeated esterification, GLA was purified to 93.7 wt% with a recovery of 67.5% of its initial content.