Fruits and vegetables are the most utilized commodities among all horticultural crops. They
are consumed raw, minimally processed, as well as processed, due to their nutrients and …

Background Increasing crop production to feed a growing population has driven the use of
mineral fertilizers to ensure nutrients availability and fertility of agricultural soils. After …

The chemical-catalyzed transesterification of vegetable oils to biodiesel has been
industrially adopted due to its high conversion rates and low production time. However, this …

Lipases are industrially important biocatalyst, particularly microbial lipases and therefore,
screening, production and purification of lipase enzyme from microbial strains are …

Maintaining the high standards that made the previous editions such well-respected and
widely used references, Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology, Fourth Edition …

Lipases are a group of enzymes naturally endowed with the property of performing reactions
in aqueous as well as organic solvents. The esterification reactions using lipase (s) could be …

Wastes generated from fruits and vegetables are organic in nature and contribute a major
share in soil and water pollution. Also, green house gas emission caused by fruit and …

Brewers' spent grains constitute a valuable byproduct of the beer industry. They are
characterized by a rich nutritional composition consisting of around 70% lignocellulosic …

Solid state fermentation is currently used in a range of applications including classical
applications, such as enzyme or antibiotic production, recently developed products, such as …

Phytases are a group of enzymes that hydrolyze the phospho-monoester bonds of phytates.
Phytates are one of the major forms of phosphorus found in plant tissues. Fungi are mainly …