Journal of Biotechnology & Biomaterials
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Abstract

Structural modification of lipids via chemical reaction or microbial bioconversion can change their properties or even create novel functionalities. Enzymatic oxidation of lipids leading to formation of oxylipin is one of those modifications. Hydroxy fatty acids, one of those oxylipins have gained important attentions because of their special properties such as higher viscosity and reactivity compared with other non-hydroxy fatty acids. Recently researches were focused on the production of HFA by microbial conversion. Among those microbial strains, a new bacterial isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PR3) has been well studied to produce mono-, di-, and tri-hydroxy fatty acids from different lipid substrates. Of those HFAs, 7, 10-dihydroxy- 8(E)-octadecenoic acid (DOD) was produced with high yield from lipid containing oleic acid by PR3. In this study, we present about the production of DOD from vegetable oils and its modification for industrial applications.

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