title: Production of useful chemicals from sunflower oil by microbial biotransformation with rhizopus stolonifer NRRL 1478.
abstract: A number of microorganisms has been screened for growth on sunflower oil as a sole carbon source for production of useful chemicals. Rhizopus stolonifer NRRL 1478 was found to transform the lipid contents of sunflower oil into dodecyl b-D-glucopyranoside and dodecanedioic acid in 15 and 25% yields respectively. The produced compounds were isolated and purified by column chromatography and their chemical identities were established using MS, IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacognosy, University of Mansoura, Egypt.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: El-Sharkawy
mesh_terms: D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005285:Fermentation; D005960:Glucosides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006368:Helianthus; D006868:Hydrolysis; D010592:Pharmaceutic Aids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D012233:Rhizopus / Q000378:metabolism*; D000074242:Sunflower Oil
chemical_list: D005960:Glucosides; D006017:Glycolipids; D010592:Pharmaceutic Aids; D010938:Plant Oils; D000074242:Sunflower Oil; C038732:dodecyl glucoside