Biodiesel production from microalgae using lipase-based catalysts: current challenges and prospects

GF Mota, IG de Sousa, ALB de Oliveira… - Algal Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The excessive demand for fossil fuels has caused severe environmental impacts, such as
GHG-related effects and widespread pollution. Firstly, it is essential to identify the main …

Advancements in enzyme immobilization on magnetic nanomaterials: toward sustainable industrial applications

ALG Cavalcante, DN Dari, FI da Silva Aires… - RSC …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Enzymes are widely used in biofuels, food, and pharmaceuticals. The immobilization of
enzymes on solid supports, particularly magnetic nanomaterials, enhances their stability and …

Highly sensitive enantioselective spectrofluorimetric determination of R-/S-mandelic acid using l-tryptophan-modified amino-functional silica-coated N-doped carbon …

Z Dehghani, M Akhond, SRH Jangi, G Absalan - Talanta, 2024 - Elsevier
Amino-functional silica-coated N-doped carbon dots (NH 2–SiO 2-CDs) were covalently
modified by l-tryptophan (chiral selector) by producing an amide bond between carboxyl …

Introducing a covalent thiol-based protected immobilized acetylcholinesterase with enhanced enzymatic performances for biosynthesis of esters

SRH Jangi, M Akhond - Process Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Acetylcholinesterase covalent immobilization was performed on mercaptoacetic acid-
functionalized magnetic nanoparticles. Upon the thiol-based protection of the enzyme active …

High throughput urease immobilization onto a new metal-organic framework called nanosized electroactive quasi-coral-340 (NEQC-340) for water treatment and safe …

SRH Jangi, M Akhond - Process Biochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
In this contribution, urease was efficiently immobilized onto the new MOF called NEQC-340
for utilizing toward safe blood cleaning and water treatment. Upon this immobilization, the …

Treatment of breast cancer in vivo by dual photodynamic and photothermal approaches with the aid of curcumin photosensitizer and magnetic nanoparticles

A Ashkbar, F Rezaei, F Attari, S Ashkevarian - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Breast cancer is a neoplastic disease with a high mortality rate among women. Recently,
photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photothermal therapy (PTT) attracted considerable …

High throughput covalent immobilization process for improvement of shelf-life, operational cycles, relative activity in organic media and enzymatic kinetics of urease …

SRH Jangi, M Akhond, Z Dehghani - Process Biochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
High throughput covalent urease immobilization was performed through the amide bond
formation between the urease and the amino-functional MNPs. The enzyme's performances …

A novel and reusable multinanozyme system for sensitive and selective quantification of hydrogen peroxide and highly efficient degradation of organic dye

SRH Jangi, HK Davoudli, Y Delshad, MRH Jangi… - Surfaces and …, 2020 - Elsevier
For the first time, a novel multinanozyme system was used for the highly efficient bio-
degradation of organic dye, malachite green, from real water media, and ultra-sensitive …

Conversion of bio-oil extracted from Chlorella vulgaris micro algae to biodiesel via modified superparamagnetic nano-biocatalyst

T Nematian, Z Salehi, A Shakeri - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Rhizopus oryzae lipase (ROL) was loaded on Fe 3 O 4 superparamagnetic nanoparticles
(MNPs) with electrostatic attractions and covalent bonding. The nano-biocatalysts were used …

“Recent advances on support materials for lipase immobilization and applicability as biocatalysts in inhibitors screening methods”-A review

J Liu, RT Ma, YP Shi - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2020 - Elsevier
With a substantial demand for new anti-obesity drugs for the treatment of obesity, screening
lipase inhibitors from natural products has become a popular approach toward drug …