Development, influencing parameters and interactions of bioplasticizers: An environmentally friendlier alternative to petro industry-based sources

AA Hassan, A Abbas, T Rasheed, M Bilal… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The current industrial revolution emphasized the necessity to use environmentally friendlier
sources and strategies to meet the bio-based economy challenges of the modern world …

Biomass-derived nanocellulose aerogel enable highly efficient immobilization of laccase for the degradation of organic pollutants

D Wu, P Lv, Q Feng, Y Jiang, H Yang, M Alfred… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Laccase is a promising biocatalyst for pollutant degradation and water purification. However,
laccase can only improve the stability of enzyme activity and achieve its significant catalytic …

Immobilization of Candida catenulata cells by surface-loading of an amino-functionalized Fe3O4 nanoparticles and its application as the sustainable whole-cell …

E Tohfegar, A Habibi - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the intracellular lipases of Candida catenulata were examined as a whole-cell
biocatalyst (WCB) of soybean oil transesterification and obtained a fatty acid methyl ester …

Impact of different epoxidation approaches of tall oil fatty acids on rigid polyurethane foam thermal insulation

A Abolins, R Pomilovskis, E Vanags, I Mierina… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
A second-generation bio-based feedstock—tall oil fatty acids—was epoxidised via two
pathways. Oxirane rings were introduced into the fatty acid carbon backbone using a …

How many data points and how large an R-squared value is essential for Arrhenius plots?

K Taira, D McInnes, L Zhang - Journal of Catalysis, 2023 - Elsevier
Arrhenius plots estimate the apparent activation energy (E a) of catalytic reactions. The R-
squared value (r 2) often accompanies the Arrhenius plot to support its validity. However, no …

Lipase catalyzed self-epoxidation of tall oil fatty acids in batch and continuous flow conditions

E Vanags, A Abolins, U Cabulis - Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 2023 - Springer
Tall oil fatty acids (TOFA) were self-epoxidized by in-situ formed peroxy fatty acids in
solventless conditions. For this purpose, six different lipase enzymes were compared by …

Simple and green one-pot process for the production of fatty acids via enzymatic hydrolysis of methyl esters catalyzed by free liquid lipases

W Gourich, CP Song, SH Adiiba, ES Chan - Sustainable Chemistry and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) and fatty acid (FA) are important oleochemical intermediates
that have various chemical and pharmaceutical applications. The conversion of FA to FAME …

Magnetic whole-cell biocatalyst based on intracellular lipases of Candida catenulata as promising technology for green synthesis of epoxy fatty acids

E Tohfegar, A Habibi - Journal of Biotechnology, 2024 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the development a green synthesis of epoxy fatty acids (EFAs) which
are commonly used as the plasticizer in polymer industries. The intracellular lipases of …

Candida rugosa lipase immobilized on functionalized magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles as a sustainable catalyst for production of natural epoxides

M Hadadi, A Habibi - Chemical Papers, 2019 - Springer
In this work, lipase from Candida rugosa was bound with the multi-covalent bonds
attachment to the amino-functionalized magnetic Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles by glutaraldehyde …

[PDF][PDF] Kinetic study on esterification of ascorbyl oleate catalyzed by Lipase NS 88011

KA Dalla Costa, TA Weschenfelder… - … Res. Appl. Chem, 2021 - biointerfaceresearch.com
In this study, bisubstrate kinetics mechanism models were correlated with the experimental
data of ascorbyl oleate using the new lipase preparation, Candida antarctica NS 88011, and …