It has been found that esterification of a hydroxy-fatty acid by a lipase can be coupled with oleate hydratase (OHase) generation of that hydroxy-FA from an unsaturated FA with a cis C9-C10 double bond, e.g. oleic acid, in a single aqueous buffered reaction medium at low temperature, e.g. 30 C. A simple one-pot enzymatic method to produce fatty acid estolides from one or more triglycerides, e.g. starting from a natural plant oil, is thereby enabled in which the same lipase catalyses both the initial hydrolysis of triglyceride and the final esterification step.

A microbial oil comprising: a specific amount of at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid having at least 20 carbon atoms in fatty acid alkyl ester form and/or in free fatty acid form; and specific amount of thermally-produced fatty acid having from 16 to 22 carbon atoms in a fatty acid alkyl ester form and/or a free fatty acid form. A production method thereof comprising: providing a starting oil containing at least one polyunsaturated fatty acid having at least 20 carbon atoms in an alkyl ester form and/or a free fatty acid form obtained from microbial biomass; performing a rectification of the starting oil under specific conditions; and obtaining the aforementioned microbial oil. A concentrated microbial oil obtained using the production method described above, and a production method thereof. An agent for treating or preventing an inflammatory disease comprising the microbial oil or the concentrated microbial oil.

The present invention relates to extracted plant lipid, comprising fatty acids in an esterified form.

Systems, methods, and materials for pyrolyzing vegetable oil feedstocks to obtain high yields of various products are described.

Systems, methods, and materials for pyrolyzing vegetable oil feedstocks to obtain high yields of various products are described.

A process for producing free fatty acids from oil containing chlorophyll is disclosed. Exemplary processes include blending oil containing chlorophyll with fats, followed by hydrolysis and distillation.

The present invention relates to oil compositions that are enriched in polyunsaturated fatty acids; compositions containing the oil compositions; and methods of making and using the oil compositions. The oil is preferably a microbial or marine oil.

The present invention relates to a process for producing ethyl esters of polyunsaturated fatty acids, comprising transesterifying triacylglycerols in extracted plant lipid.

The present invention relates to a process for the production of basic biosolvents derived from inedible vegetable oil or animal fat or waste fatty acid composition by one-pot reaction between inedible vegetable oil or animal fat or waste fatty acid, and at least one ester of short-chain organic acid having 2, 3 or 5 carbon atoms, derived from biomass, in the presence of heterogeneous catalysts. In addition, the invention also relates to basic biosolvents, comprising alkyl esters of fatty acid, trieste of glycerin, esters of short-chain organic acids having 2, 3 or 5 carbon atoms, suitable for preparing many types of biosolvents, depending on application requirements.

A method for producing fatty acid alkyl esters, comprising providing a system comprising an oil phase/hydrophobic phase an a hydrophilic phase, and reacting a fatty acid feedstock present in said oil phase/hydrophobic phase with alcohol in the presence of water and one or more lipolytic enzymes.