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AssigneeNuseed Global Innovation Ltd.
InventorsKyle B. Reynolds, Thomas Vanhercke, Anna El Tahchy, Qing Liu, Surinder S. Singh, James R. Petrie
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The present invention relates to methods of producing industrial products from plant lipids, particularly from vegetative parts of plants. In particular, the present invention provides oil products such as biofuel, and processes for producing these products, as well as plants having an increased level medium chain fatty acids such as lauric acid and myristic acid. In one particular embodiment, the present invention relates to combinations of modifications in a fatty acid thioesterase and one or more acyltransferases. In an embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for extracting lipids. In another embodiment, the lipid is converted to one or more hydrocarbon products in harvested plant vegetative parts to produce alkyl esters of the fatty acids which are suitable for use as a renewable biofuel.
A process for producing extracted plant lipid, comprising the steps of:
Extracted plant lipid which was extracted from a vegetative plant part, comprising a total fatty acid content which comprises fatty acids in an esterified form, the fatty acids comprising a level of medium chain fatty acids in the total fatty acid content of the extracted plant lipid that is at least 25% on a weight basis, wherein the medium chain fatty acids comprise a level of lauric acid (C12:0), wherein the level of lauric acid in the total fatty acid content of the extracted plant lipid is between 15% and 55% on a weight basis.
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