Biocatalytic production of biolubricants: Strategies, problems and future trends.

Autor: Monteiro RRC; Departamento de Engenharia Química, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Pici, 60455760 Fortaleza, Brazil., Berenguer-Murcia Á; Departamento de Química Inorgánica e Instituto Universitario de Materiales, Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain., Rocha-Martin J; Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: javrocha@ucm.es., Vieira RS; Departamento de Engenharia Química, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Pici, 60455760 Fortaleza, Brazil. Electronic address: rodrigo@gpsa.ufc.br., Fernandez-Lafuente R; Departamento de Biocatálisis, ICP-CSIC, Campus UAM-CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: rfl@icp.csic.es.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Biotechnology advances [Biotechnol Adv] 2023 Nov; Vol. 68, pp. 108215. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jul 18.
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108215
Abstrakt: The increasing worries by the inadequate use of energy and the preservation of nature are promoting an increasing interest in the production of biolubricants. After discussing the necessity of producing biolubricants, this review focuses on the production of these interesting molecules through the use of lipases, discussing the different possibilities (esterification of free fatty acids, hydroesterification or transesterification of oils and fats, transesterification of biodiesel with more adequate alcohols, estolides production, modification of fatty acids). The utilization of discarded substrates has special interest due to the double positive ecological impact (e.g., oil distillated, overused oils). Pros and cons of all these possibilities, together with general considerations to optimize the different processes will be outlined. Some possibilities to overcome some of the problems detected in the production of these interesting compounds will be also discussed.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest None.
(Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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