Biotechnology of lipids: The use of lipases for the structural modification of fats and oils

Alfonso Valenzuela; Susana Nieto

doi:10.3989/gya.1994.v45.i5.1024

Biotechnology of lipids: The use of lipases for the structural modification of fats and oils

Authors

Alfonso Valenzuela Unidad de Bioquímica Farmacológica y Lípidos and Unidad de Nutrición Clínica. Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de Alimentos, Universidad de Chile
Susana Nieto Unidad de Bioquímica Farmacológica y Lípidos and Unidad de Nutrición Clínica. Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de Alimentos, Universidad de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/gya.1994.v45.i5.1024

Keywords:

Biotechnology, Information (paper), Lipase, Lipid, Structural modification

Abstract

The food industry has introduced chemical and enzymatic procedures for the modification of fats and oils to allow the improvement of their organoleptic and/or nutritional properties. As chemical procedures have many drawbacks, the application of enzyme technology shows as a promising approach for the development of new fats and oil-derived products. Lipase-catalyzed interesterification reactions allow the structural modification of lipids by selectively changing the composition of a triacylglycerol under very mild and controlled conditions. This work reviews the main characteristics of lipase reactions, the use of lipases for interesterification procedures, and the advantages and limitations of lipase immobilization for the enzymatic modification of fats and oils. The use of lipases from different sources for fat splitting and the potential application of stereospecific lipases for the production of structured or designer lipids is also discussed.

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Published

1994-10-30

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Valenzuela A, Nieto S. Biotechnology of lipids: The use of lipases for the structural modification of fats and oils. Grasas aceites [Internet]. 1994Oct.30 [cited 2025Feb.23];45(5):337-43. Available from: https://grasasyaceites.revistas.csic.es/index.php/grasasyaceites/article/view/1024

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Issue

Vol. 45 No. 5 (1994)

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Reviews

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