Enzymatic conversion of Camellia Seed Oil to glycerol esters: synthesis,
characterization, and mechanism analysis
Abstract
The conversion of triglycerides in edible oils into diacylglycerols
(DAGs) is of great significance for a healthy lifestyle. Camellia Seed
Oil (C-oil), which is rich in oleic acid and linoleic acid, is an
excellent raw material for the production of DAG. In this study, the
results showed that under the optimum conditions, the hydrolysis rate
was 87.14 %, and the content of DAG was 62.49 % after the hydrolysis
product was esterified with glycerol. The C-oil, C-FFA, and Camellia
Seed Oil diacylglycerol (C-DAG) were characterized using GC, TG, DSC,
and GC-IMS. The results showed that the enzymatic coupling method did
not affect the structural composition of the substances themselves, but
it did affect the crystallization and melting properties of the oils and
the taste of C-DAG was more delicate than that of C-oil. Finally, the
reaction mechanism was analyzed using infrared spectroscopy, which
showed that C-oil had been mostly hydrolyzed into free fatty acids, and
C-DAG exhibited ester C-O stretching vibrations at 1280-1030 cm-1,
indicated that the esterification reaction between C-FFA and glycerol
had successfully occurred under the catalysis of the enzyme.