It has been known for some time (Hansen, 1891) that organic esters may be produced in small amounts by some microorganisms as byproducts in their utilization of organic compounds. A detailed review of the literature to 1922 on aroma producing microorganisms is given by Omelianski (1923). The taxonomy of the yeast genus Hansenula, which contains species producing the greatest yields of ester, is...

This highlight review describes the recent development of an electrophile-triggered 1,2-metallate rearrangement organoboronic ester ate-complex, which proceeds through 1,2-difunctionalization carbon–carbon σ- and π-bonds, using strain energy as a driving force. Coupling reactions small ring carbocyclic boronic esters, such cyclopropyl-, bicyclo[1.1.0]butyl-, cyclopropenyl-boronic ester, are sum...

Cultured human smooth muscle and adventitial cells were incubated with human serum and low density lipoprotein (LDL) to study the uptake and accumulation of cholesterol ester from exogenous LDL. The cellular total cholesterol varied with the amount of LDL cholesterol in the medium. The cholesterol ester content increased 4-fold after 2 hours of incubation. A 6-fold rise occurred by 24 hours and...

Administration of estrogen to cholesterol-fed rabbits dramatically retarded arterial lesion development despite its lack of effect on plasma cholesterol concentration and on lipoprotein patterns. Cholesteryl ester influx into the aortic wall was also much lower in the estrogen-treated animals and paralleled the aortic cholesterol content in treated and untreated animals; the fraction of aortic ...

The ultrasound-assisted (UA) soybean oil methanolysis using KOH as a catalyst was studied at different reaction conditions in a microreactor. Box–Behnken experimental design, with three variables, was performed and the effects of three reaction variables i.e. reaction temperature, catalyst concentration and the methanol-to-oil molar ratio on fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) yield were evaluated b...

Ethanolic leaf extract of Hyptis capitata Jacq. showed a toxic effect on Artemia salina larvae1. The was simplified through fractionation using vacuum liquid chromatography to trace compounds with biological activity. F1, F2, F3 and F4 fractions were used in the acute toxicity test A. larvae. F1 highest value 196.77±2.7 µg/ml. As an initial screening for its anticancer potential, ethanolic frac...

Although some previous studies have suggested that triglyceride, a major core lipid, plays a key role in the assembly and secretion of apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins from HepG2 cells, other reports have indicated the importance of cholesteryl ester, another core lipid. We attempted to better define the roles of triglyceride and cholesteryl ester in the assembly and secretion of apolip...

The processing, mechanical and chemical properties of poly(ether ester)s, prepared from pivalolactone (PVL), 1,4-butanediol (4G) and dimethyl terephthalate (DMT), were studied. The poly(ether ester)s could easily be processed by injection moulding, owing to their favourable rheological and thermal properties. The tensile response of a poly(ether ester) with a butylene terephthalate (4GT) conten...