Review Article
Production and Use of Lipases in Bioenergy: A Review from the Feedstocks to Biodiesel Production
Table 8
Reported conditions for enzymatic transesterification of some fats and oils [
51–
53].
| Alcohol | Lipase source | Feedstock | Solvent | Yield (%) |
| Methanol | C. antarctica | Rapeseed oil | Hexane | 98 | Methanol | C. antarctica | Cottonseed oil | — | 92 | Methanol | C. antarctica | Cottonseed oil | t-Butanol | 97 | Methanol | C. antarctica | Degummed Soybean oil | — | 94 | Methanol | T. lanuginosus | Soybean oil | — | 90 | Ethanol | P. cepacia | Tallow fat | — | 95 | Propanol | P. fluorescens | Sunflower oil | 1,4-Dioxane | >95 | 2-Ethyl-1-hexanol | C. rugosa | Rapeseed oil | — | 97 | Methanol | P. cepacia | Palm kernel oil | — | 15 | Ethanol | P. cepacia | Palm kernel oil | — | 72 | Methanol | Mucor miehei | Soybean oil | Hexane | 75 | Ethanol | M. miehei | Soybean oil | Hexane | 97 | Methanol | M. miehei | Tallow fat | Hexane | 95 | Ethanol (96%) | M. miehei | Tallow fat | Hexane | 98 | Anhydrous ethanol | M. miehei | Tallow fat | Hexane | 68 | Propanol | M. miehei | Tallow fat | Hexane | 24 | Butanol | M. miehei | Tallow fat | Hexane | 20 | Propanol | C. antarctica | Tallow fat | Hexane | 61 | Butanol | C. antarctica | Tallow fat | Hexane | 84 |
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