FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (6): 78-82.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201206017

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Lipase-Catalyzed Synthesis and Characterization of Phytosterol Esters

JIANG Shao-tong,ZHENG Hai-jie,PANG Min   

  1. (Key Laboratory for Agricultural Products Processing of Anhui Province, School of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China)
  • Online:2012-03-25 Published:2012-03-03

Abstract: The synthesis of phytosterol oleic acid esters catalyzed by lipase from Candida rugosa in organic medium was investigated. The reaction conditions were optimized by response surface methodology (RSM) using the degree of esterification (DE) as the evaluation index. A quadratic regression equation of esterification rate on the basis of independent variables such as temperature, reaction time, oleic acid-phytosterol ratio and catalyst amount was established. The results indicated that the optimal synthesis conditions were reaction temperature of 41 ℃, reaction time of 19 h, oleic acid-phytosterol ratio of 2.4:1 and catalyst amount of 7%. Under the optimal reaction conditions, the DE between phytosterol and oleic acid reached up to 77.43%. In addition, the phytosterol ester synthesized at optimal conditions were confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and infrared spectrometry (IR) analysis.

Key words: phytosterol ester, Candida rugosa, esterification, response surface methodology (RSM)

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