Abstract
This work was objectively targeted to synthesize extremely pure triacylglycerols (TAG) enriched in conjugated linoleic acids (CLAs) for medical and dietetic purposes. Extremely pure CLA-enriched TAG was successfully synthesized by using the multi-step process: TAG was primarily synthesized by lipase-catalyzed esterification of CLA and glycerol and then the lower glycerides [monoacylglycerol (MAG) and diacylglycerol (DAG)] in the esterification mixtures was hydrolyzed to free fatty acids (FFAs) by a mono- and di-acylglycerol lipase (lipase SMG1), finally, the FFAs were further separated from TAG by low temperature (150 °C) molecular distillation. The operation parameters for the lipase SMG1-catalyzed hydrolysis were optimized using response surface methodology based on the central composite rotatable design (CCRD). The operation parameters included water content, pH and reaction temperature and all of these three parameters showed significant effects on the hydrolysis of lower glycerides. The optimal conditions were obtained with a water content of 66.4% (w/w, with respect to oil mass), pH at 5.7 and 1 h of reaction time at 19.6 °C. Under these conditions, the content of lower glycerides in the reaction mixture decreased from 45.2% to 0.3% and the purity of CLA-enriched TAG reached 99.7%. Further purification of TAG was accomplished by molecular distillation and the final CLA-enriched TAG product yielded 99.8% of TAG. These extremely pure CLA-enriched TAG would be used for in vivo studies in animals and humans in order to get specific information concerning CLA metabolism.
Highlights
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), referring to a heterogeneous group of geometrical and positional conjugated isomers of linoleic acid (LA, 18:2), has received increasing attention because of its demonstrated biological properties, including cancer inhibition [1,2,3,4], blood cholesterol lowering [5], diabetes controlling and weight loss effects [6,7]
CLA-enriched TAG was produced by Novozym 435-catalyzed esterification of glycerol and CLA
The reaction was performed under the condition of a CLA/glycerol molar ratio of 3:1, an enzyme load of 1% (w/w, with respect to total reactants), at 60 °C and 0.1 kPa for 6 h
Summary
Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), referring to a heterogeneous group of geometrical and positional conjugated isomers of linoleic acid (LA, 18:2), has received increasing attention because of its demonstrated biological properties, including cancer inhibition [1,2,3,4], blood cholesterol lowering [5], diabetes controlling and weight loss effects [6,7] Most of these studies, were carried out with. CLA as free fatty acid (FFA) [4,5,6,7] and only a few studies have used CLA in the form of triacylglycerols (TAG) [8,9]. High temperature molecular distillation (220–250 °C) is a universally used technique to purify TAG products containing MAG and DAG
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
