Energy Sources Part A-recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects, Vol.37, No.5, 536-542, 2015
Lipase Catalyzed Synthesis of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters from Crude Pongamia Oil
Lipases from Candida rugosa, Pseudomonas cepacia, and Candida antarctica-B (Novozym-435) were used for the transesterification of crude Pongamia oil with methanol. The Candida antarctica lipase-B catalyzed transesterification gave 91% conversion in 60 h during the stepwise addition of methanol to crude Pongamia oil.