Lipases as Effective Green Biocatalysts for Phytosterol Esters’ Production: A Review

Lipases are versatile enzymes widely used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries. They green biocatalysts with a high potential for industrial use compared to traditional chemical methods. In recent years, lipases have been synthesize wide variety of molecules interest, extraordinary results reported. this sense, review describes important role synthesis phytosterol esters, which attracted scientific community’s attention due their beneficial effects on health. A systematic search articles patents published last 20 years terms “phytosterol AND esters lipase” was carried out using Scopus, Web Science, Scielo, Google Scholar databases, showed that Candida rugosa most relevant production being more than 50% studies. The optimal temperature time enzymatic mainly ranged from 30 101 °C 1 72 h. esterification yield greater 90% analyzed Therefore, manuscript presents new technological approaches gaps need be filled by future studies so is developed.