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US 8,541,211 B2Granted
Generation of triacylglycerols
AssigneeBunge Oils, Inc.
InventorChristopher L. G. Dayton
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for the generation of triacylglycerols from gums that have been separated from an oil product. The gums are treated with an enzyme having PLC activity, which results in the formation of diacylglycerols and phosphates, and treated with an enzyme having PLA activity, which results in the formation of lyso-phospholipids and free fatty acids. The diacylglycerols and the free fatty acids from these two separate reactions then combine in the presence of the enzymes to generate new triacylglycerol molecules.
Claims25
A method of generating triacylglycerols comprising
- (a) providing an oil composition containing a quantity of oil gums, wherein the gums comprise phospholipids,
- (b) treating the oil composition with one or more enzymes having PLA activity to generate free fatty acids,
- (c) treating the oil composition with one or more enzymes having PLC activity to generate diacylglycerols,
- (d) reacting the fatty acids with the diacylglycerols in the presence of at least one of the enzymes having PLA or PLC activity, thereby forming triacylglycerols.
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