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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Elgharbawy, Amal
• Syed Putra, Sharifah
• Khan, Huma
• Azmi, Nor
• Sani, Muhamad
• Ab llah, Nazurah
• Hayyan, Adeeb
• Jewaratnam, Jegalakshimi
• Basirun, Wan

Titel

Menthol and Fatty Acid-Based Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents as Media for Enzyme Activation

Ist Teil von

• Processes, 2023-02, Vol.11 (2), p.547

Ort / Verlag

Basel: MDPI AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This research aims to provide insights into the biological efficacy of a newly formed hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (DES). A DES based on menthol was successfully synthesized with fatty acids. The DESs’ properties as enzyme activators were examined against a neat counterpart. The menthol:decanoic acid (1:1) combination showed improved thermal stability, strong catalytic activity, and reusability for up to four subsequent cycles under ideal conditions (pH 7.0, 40 °C for 2 h). The hydrophobic DES replaced hexane in ester synthesis, where RNL@DES5 showed better fatty acid conversion compared to neat RNL. This study demonstrated promising applications of hydrophobic DESs in non-aqueous organic reactions.