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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 5791-5794 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 36 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 3 Sept 1993 |
Bibliographical note
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.