Lipases and phospholipases are interfacial enzymes that hydrolyze hydrophobic ester
linkages of triacylglycerols and phospholipids, respectively. In addition to their role as …

This review focuses on the considerable amount of research directed at defining the
accumulation of esters during fermentation and their contribution to aromas in foods and …

Petroleum‐based plastics are durable and accumulate in all ecological niches. Knowledge
on enzymatic degradation is sparse. Today, less than 50 verified plastics‐active enzymes …

Recently, with the global shortage of fossil fuels, excessive increase in the price of crude oil
and increased environmental concerns have resulted in the rapid growth in biodiesel …

From reviews to the first edtion:" Bornscheuer and Kazlauskas have set out, and succeeded,
in producing a definitive manual on hydrolytic enzymes (especially lipases, esterases, and …

During the last 30years the scope of biocatalysis has been expanding due to the advances
in several technological fields. Diverse techniques as structural enzyme improvement (eg …

The development of new biocatalytic systems to replace the chemical catalysts, with suitable
characteristics in terms of efficiency, stability under high temperature reactions and in the …

Environmental pollution caused by polyesters has become a major ecological safety
concern that needs to be managed urgently. One way to resolve this problem is giving the …

Lipases are ubiquitous enzymes, widespread in nature. They were first isolated from
bacteria in the early nineteenth century and the associated research continuously increased …

Although numerous reactions have been performed using lipases and related enzymes (eg
esterases and phospholipases), it is still a challenge to identify the most suitable biocatalyst …