The preparation of homogeneous triglycerides of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid by lipase

Gudmundur G. Haraldsson*, Birgir Ö Gudmundsson, Örn Almarsson

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Abstract

The highly efficient generation of homogeneous triglycerides of either pure eicosapentaenoic acid, 1, or docosahexaenoic acid, 2, by an immobilized nonregiospecific yeast lipase from Candida antarctica is described.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5791-5794
Number of pages4
JournalTetrahedron Letters
Volume34
Issue number36
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Sept 1993

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Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their gratitude to Lysi Ltd of Iceland and Novo Nordisk A/S in Denmark for financial support, to Baldur Hjaltason at Lysi, Tomas T. Hansen and Hanne Svanholm at Novo Nordisk for useful discussions, Dr. Sigridur J6nsd6ttir at the Science Institute who ran the NMR analysis and, finally, to Dr. Philip C. Bulman-Page at the Department of Organic Chemistry of the University of Liverpool, U.K., who arrangedt he mass spectrometrya nalysisto be done for us.

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