PHOSPHOLIPASE A(2)-MEDIATED SYNTHESIS OF PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE CONTAINING HIGHLY UNSATURATED FATTY-ACIDS

Authors
HOSOKAWA M TAKAHASHI K HATANO M EGI M
Citation
M. Hosokawa et al., PHOSPHOLIPASE A(2)-MEDIATED SYNTHESIS OF PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE CONTAINING HIGHLY UNSATURATED FATTY-ACIDS, International journal of food science & technology, 29(6), 1994, pp. 721-725
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
International journal of food science & technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09505423
Volume
29
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
721 - 725
Database
ISI
SICI code
0950-5423(1994)29:6<721:PASOPC>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), which contains highly unsaturated fatty acid (HUFA) specifically in sn-2 position, was synthesized by porcine pancreatic phospholipase A(2)-catalysed esterification of lysophospha tidylethanolamine with HUFA. The use of glycerol containing only a lit tle water as solvent was the important key to this reaction. A 27% yie ld of up to 94.5% sn-2 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)-containing PE was o btained using >99% EPA as a substrate HUFA.