Studies on immobilized lipase and biosurfactant for hydrolysis and transesterification of sunflower oil

Abstract

The principal objective of this work is immobilization of lipase and application of the immobilized lipase for hydrolysis and transesterification of sunflower oil Lipase was isolated from the culture supernatant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PG01 A high activity 4 1 0 05 U ml in the supernatant was detected when sunflower oil 2g l was used as the sole substrate A significant production of lipase in burnt oil was observed which was about 75 of the activity obtained when sunflower oil was u