title: Performance of Luffa cylindrica as immobilization matrix in bioconversion reactions by Nicotiana tabacum BY-2.
abstract: The dry fruit of Luffa cylindrica was investigated as an immobilization matrix for Nicotiana tabacum cells in bioconversion reactions of exogenous substrates. Immobilized cells show high biocatalytic activity under high substrate levels. Cell growth on the dry fruit can be maintained until reaching an immobilization capacity of 1.8 g cells/g(Luffa).
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bio-organique, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse, Université de Haute Alsace, 3 bis Rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bou-Saab
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boulanger
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schellenbaum
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Neunlist
mesh_terms: D055162:Biocatalysis; D018914:Cells, Immobilized / Q000378:metabolism*; D000081005:Cyclohexane Monoterpenes; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000378:metabolism; D005638:Fruit / Q000737:chemistry; D029776:Luffa; D039821:Monoterpenes / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000081005:Cyclohexane Monoterpenes; D003517:Cyclopentanes; D039821:Monoterpenes; C007201:cyclopentanone; C006923:carvone
keywords: Bioconversion; Immobilization; Luffa cylindrica; Nicotiana tabacum; Oxidation; Reduction