Elgharbawy, Amal A. M. and Putra, Sharifah Shahira Syed and Khan, Huma Warsi and Azmi, Nor Azrini Nadiha and Sani, Muhamad Shirwan Abdullah and Ab Llah, Nazurah and Hayyan, Adeeb and Jewaratnam, Jegalakshimi and Basirun, Wan Jefrey (2023) Menthol and fatty acid-based hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents as media for enzyme activation. Processes, 11 (2). ISSN 2227-9717, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11020547.
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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 degrees 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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Ministry of Higher Education, MoHE-Malaysia (Grant No: FRGS/1/2020/STG05/UM/02/11) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Fatty acid; Natural deep eutectic solvents; Hydrophobic agent; Enzyme kinetics; Hydrogen-bonding |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry T Technology > TP Chemical technology |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering > Department of Chemical Engineering Faculty of Science > Department of Chemistry |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2023 04:45 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Dec 2023 04:45 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/38685 |
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