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| 8440435 | Method for reducing 1,2-diglyceride content of an edible oil The present application provides a method of reducing and/or removing diglyceride from an edible oil, comprising admixing an edible oil with an acyl acceptor substrate and a diglyceride:glycerol acyltransferase, wherein the diglyceride:glycerol acyltransferase is ch... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8435767 | Renewable chemical production from novel fatty acid feedstocks Disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing renewable chemicals through the manufacture of novel triglyceride oils followed by chemical modification of the oils. Methods such as transesterification, hydrogenation, hydrocracking, deoxygenation, isomerization, inter... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8435766 | Enzymatic oil recuperation process A process for the recuperation of acylglycerols or acylglycerols containing free fatty acids from gums, present as aqueous emulsions, said gums being obtained by subjecting triglyceride oil to one or more degumming processes, said recuperation process comprising the... | 05/07/2013 |
| 8431369 | Method for preparation of polyunsaturated fatty acid-containing phosphatidylserine A method for the preparation of the polyunsaturated fatty acids-containing phosphatidylserine, the method comprising: combining L-serine with a fish liver phosphatidylcholine having a polyunsaturated fatty acid to form a mixture; reacting the mixture with phospholip... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8431368 | Method for the enzymatic production of fatty alcohol and/or fatty acid The invention relates to a method for the enzymatic production of C6-C18 fatty alcohol and/or C8-C18 fatty acid, by carbon chain elongation, comprising the steps of: i) providing organic C2-C6 compoun... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8399226 | High eicosapentaenoic acid oils from improved optimized strains of Described are engineered strains of the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica capable of producing an oil comprising greater than 50 weight percent of eicosapentaenoic acid [“EPA”], an ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, measured as a weight percent of total ... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8399227 | Methods and compositions for the recombinant biosynthesis of fatty acids and esters The present disclosure identifies methods and compositions for modifying photoautotrophic organisms, such that the organisms efficiently convert carbon dioxide and light into compounds such as esters and fatty acids. In certain embodiments, the compounds produced ar... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8377664 | Method for producing a useful substance by use of an immobilized enzyme The present invention provides a method for producing a useful substance by supplying, to a fixed-bed reactor packed with an immobilized enzyme, a liquid mixture containing two liquid phases, in which the two liquid phases are allowed to flow in an identical, parall... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8372610 | Production of odd chain fatty acid derivatives in recombinant microbial cells Recombinant microbial cells are provided which have been engineered to produce fatty acid derivatives having linear chains containing an odd number of carbon atoms by the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway. Also provided are methods of making odd chain fatty acid deriv... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8367383 | Mutant Δ-5 desaturases mutated in the heme-binding motif (HPGG) and their use in making polyunsaturated fatty acids The present invention relates to mutant Δ5 desaturases, which have the ability to convert dihomo-γ-linolenic acid [DGLA; 20:3 ω-6] to arachidonic acid [ARA; 20:4 ω-6] and/or eicosatetraenoic acid [ETA; 20:4 ω-3] to eicosapentaenoic acid [EPA; 20:5 ω-3] and whi... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8349594 | Enzymatic oil interesterification The present invention relates to a process for enzymatic lipase interesterification of oils containing a chelating agent by sequential or simultaneous treatment with a base. ... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8349595 | Method for increasing the content of docosahexaenoic acid in fat-containing materials or in fats and oils [PROBLEMS] To provide a fat-and-oil in which the content of docosahexaenoic acid is increased. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A process for producing highly unsaturated fatty acids comprising culturing a stramenopile capable of producing highly unsaturated fatt... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8323935 | Optimized strains of for high eicosapentaenoic acid production Engineered strains of the oleaginous yeast Yarrowia lipolytica capable of producing greater than 50 weight percent of eicosapentaenoic acid [“EPA”], an ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, in the total oil fraction are described. These strains over-express he... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8323934 | Process for producing fatty acids A process for producing fatty acid by hydrolyzing oil and fat, which comprises: a first step of partially hydrolyzing oil and fat by either of the following method (a) or (b), and a second step of hydrolysis by the other method: (a) enzymatic hydrolysis using an imm... | 12/04/2012 |
| 8318463 | Δ8 desaturases and their use in making polyunsaturated fatty acids The present invention relates to Δ8 desaturase genes, which have the ability to convert eicosadienoic acid (EDA; 20:2 ω-6) to dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (DGLA; 20:3 ω-6) and/or eicosatrienoic acid (ETrA; 20:3 ω-3) to eicosatetraenoic acid (ETA; (20:3 ω-3). Isolat... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8298797 | Δ-9 elongases and their use in making polyunsaturated fatty acids The present invention relates to Δ9 elongases, which have the ability to convert linoleic acid (LA; 18:2 ω-6) to eicosadienoic acid (EDA; 20:2 ω-6) and/or α-linolenic acid (ALA; 18:3 ω-3) to eicosatrienoic acid (ETrA; 20:3 ω-3). Isolated nucleic acid fragments... | 10/30/2012 |
| 8288133 | Enhanced production of lipids containing polyenoic fatty acid by very high density cultures of eukaryotic microbes in fermentors The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids. ... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8288134 | Enhanced production of lipids containing polyenoic fatty acid by very high density cultures of eukaryotic microbes in fermentors The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids. ... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8288135 | Process for the heterotrophic production of microbial products with high concentrations of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids Disclosed is a process for growing the microflora Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium, and mixtures thereof, which includes the growing of the microflora in fermentation medium containing non-chloride containing sodium salts, in particular sodium sulfate. In a p... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8273555 | Process for esterifying or transesterifying side chains in polymers Provided is a process for esterifying or transesterifying side chains in polymers, which involves esterifying or transesterifying the carboxyl group having the R4 radical of a copolymer obtained by polymerizing a (meth)acrylate of formula (I), and a monom... | 09/25/2012 |
| 8268598 | Mutant Δ5 desaturases mutated in the heme-binding motif (HPGG) and their use in making polyunsaturated fatty acids The present invention relates to mutant Δ5 desaturases, which have the ability to convert dihomo-γ-linolenic acid [DGLA; 20:3 ω-6] to arachidonic acid [ARA; 20:4 ω-6] and/or eicosatetraenoic acid [ETA; 20:4 ω-3] to eicosapentaenoic acid [EPA; 20:5 ω-3] and whi... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8252561 | Production of biofuel using molluscan pseudofeces derived from algal cells Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for novel strategies to harvest algal lipids using mollusks which after feeding algae from the growth medium can convert algal lipids into their biomass or excrete lipids in their pseudofeces which makes algae harvesting... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8252560 | Process for producing useful substance with immobilized enzyme The present invention relates to a process for producing a fatty acid, which includes feeding a liquid mixture formed of two liquid phases that flow in a co-current manner into a fixed bed-type reaction column packed with immobilized lipase, and performing a hydroly... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8241875 | Method for producing fatty acids with an immobilized enzyme packed column A process for producing fatty acids, which comprises supplying an oil phase substrate and a water phase substrate to an enzyme column packed with an immobilized enzyme, concurrently flowing them in the same direction, and hydrolyzing a fat and/or oil, wherein the oi... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8241876 | Generation of triacylglycerols from gums A method is disclosed for the generation of triacylglycerols from gums that have been separated from an oil product. The gums are treated with an enzyme having PLC activity, which results in the formation of diacylglycerols and phosphates, and treated with an enzyme... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8227216 | Methods of using algal strains to produce hydrocarbons and fatty acids The present invention provides methods and compositions for production of algal-based medium chain fatty acids and hydrocarbons. More specifically, the invention relates to a Nannochloropsis algal strain and mutants that produces high amounts of C16 fatty aci... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8222010 | Renewable chemical production from novel fatty acid feedstocks Disclosed herein are methods of manufacturing renewable chemicals through the manufacture of novel triglyceride oils followed by chemical modification of the oils. Methods such as transesterification, hydrogenation, hydrocracking, deoxygenation, isomerization, inter... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8216812 | Enhanced production of lipids containing polyenoic fatty acid by very high density cultures of eukaryotic microbes in fermentors The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids. ... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8206956 | Enhanced production of lipids containing polyenoic fatty acid by very high density cultures of eukaryotic microbes in fermentors The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids. ... | 06/26/2012 |
| 8202712 | Triglyceride process A process for producing triglycerides which comprises: (a) subjecting a first triglyceride comprising at least 40% by moles of oleic acid residues, based on total acyl groups in the triglyceride, to an alcoholysis reaction with an alcohol having from 1 to 6 carbon a... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8202713 | Producing eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) from biodiesel-derived crude glycerol Pythium, when cultured with crude glycerol as a carbon source, produces useful polyunsaturated fatty acids such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). The crude glycerol is pretreated to remove soaps and methanol. An exemplary Pythium species for use in the p... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8192964 | Safflower with elevated gamma-linolenic acid The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preparing gamma-linoleic acid (GLA) in safflower plants, particularly from seeds of safflower. Nucleic acid sequences and constructs encoding one or more fatty acid desaturase sequences are used to genera... | 06/05/2012 |
| 8187845 | Enhanced production of lipids containing polyenoic fatty acid by very high density cultures of eukaryotic microbes in fermentors The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8187846 | Enhanced production of lipids containing polyenoic fatty acid by very high density cultures of eukaryotic microbes in fermentors The present invention provides a process for growing eukaryotic microorganisms which are capable of producing lipids, in particular lipids containing polyenoic fatty acids. The present invention also provides a process for producing eukaryotic microbial lipids. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8183021 | Process for producing triglycerides A process for producing triglycerides comprises: (a) subjecting a first triglyceride comprising at least 40% by moles of oleic acid residues, based on total acyl groups in the triglyceride, to a reaction with stearic acid, at least one ester of stearic acid or a mix... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8173403 | Process for producing useful substance using immobilized enzyme The present invention relates to a process for producing a useful substance, the process includes feeding a liquid mixture formed of two liquid phases into a fixed bed-type reaction column packed with an immobilized enzyme, and allowing the liquid mixture to flow in... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8158392 | Synthesis of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids by recombinant cells The present invention relates to methods of synthesizing long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially eicosapentaenoic acid, docosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, in recombinant cells such as yeast or plant cells. Also provided are recombinant cells ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158391 | Production of an α-carboxyl-ω-hydroxy fatty acid using a genetically modified strain A substantially pure Candida host cell for the production of a α-carboxyl-ω-hydroxy fatty acid having a carbon chain length in the range from C6 to C22, a α,ω-dicarboxylic fatty acid having a carbon chain length in the range from C6 to C22, or mixtures th... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153407 | Process for producing a triglyceride A process for the production of a composition comprising 1,3-dioleyl-2-palmitoyl glyceride (OPO) comprises subjecting a palm oil stearin, with an iodine value (IV) between about 2 and about 12 to enzymic transesterification, with oleic acid or a non-glyceride ester ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148120 | Concentration and separation of lipids from renewable resources Disclosed are methods that can advantageously utilize the natural consumptive and conversion processes of an aquatic organism culture system to concentrate and separate microbial plant-generated lipids. For instance, an aquatic organism culture can be maintained and... | 04/03/2012 |
