%0 Journal Article
%T Lipase-catalyzed Solvent-free Synthesis of Polyglycerol 10 (PG-10) Esters
%A Cauwenberghs
%A L.
%A Dejonghe
%A W.
%A Satyawali
%A Y.
%J -
%D 2019
%R 10.15255/CABEQ.2019.1702
%X Sa£żetak Polyglycerol fatty acid esters, which have been widely used as emulsifiers in food, medicine and cosmetics industries, were the subject of solvent-free enzymatic synthesis in this study. There have been previous reports on enzymatic synthesis of various polyglycerol esters; however, this investigation extends the synthesis to PG-10 esters. The effects of substrate molar ratio, addition of emulsifiers to enhance mixing, and addition of molecular sieves or N2 flushing for water removal, was investigated. The solvent-free synthesis using N2 flushing leads to complete conversion of fatty acid, yielding a completely acid free product. The synthesis is validated for polyglycerol laurate and polyglycerol caprylate, both useful products in the cosmetic industry. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
%K lipase
%K polyglycerol
%K PG-10
%K esters
%K solvent-free synthesis
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