Biodiesel has attracted considerable interest in recent years as an alternative,
biodegradable and nonpolluting transportation fuel. Conventional alkaline process for …

Lipases have been well established as valuable catalysts in organic synthesis. This review
article focuses on some of the recent developments in the rapidly growing field of lipase …

Over the last few years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of publications in
the field of lipase-catalyzed reactions performed in common organic solvents, ionic liquids or …

Lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution of racemates is considered to be one of the most
fascinating topics in asymmetric catalysis. This review focuses on some of the recent …

In recent years, green chemistry has become an area of significant research interest. It is
best defined as “the utilization of a set of principles that reduces or eliminates the use or …

A number of β-blocking drugs are available in the world market, only few compounds are
found as single enantiomers. The need to use the single enantiomeric β-blockers affects …

Lipase B from Candida antarctica immobilized by covalent binding on sebacoyl-activated
chitosan-coated magnetic nanoparticles proved to be an efficient biocatalyst (49.2–50 …

Optically active aromatic alcohols are valuable chiral building blocks of many natural
products and chiral drugs. Lactobacillus paracasei BD87E6, which was isolated from a …

Rhizopus arrhizus mediated bioreduction was optimized using acetophenone as a model
substrate. Various parameters such as bio-processing conditions, reaction time, substrate …

This work presents experimental results on alkali and enzymatic catalysis of corn oil into
biodiesel with an optimization of operating conditions and further experiments on enzyme …