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Yuji Shimada
Researcher at Kobe University
Publications - 38
Citations - 2667
Yuji Shimada is an academic researcher from Kobe University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lipase & Triacylglycerol lipase. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 38 publications receiving 2597 citations.
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Conversion of vegetable oil to biodiesel using immobilized Candida antarctica lipase
Yuji Shimada,Yomi Watanabe,Taichi Samukawa,Akio Sugihara,Hideo Noda,Hideki Fukuda,Yoshio Tominaga +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors attempted continuous methanolysis of vegetable oil by an enzymatic process, which was conducted by adding methanol stepwise to avoid lipase inactivation.
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Continuous production of biodiesel fuel from vegetable oil using immobilized Candida antarctica lipase
TL;DR: A three-step methanolysis was developed by which over 95% of the oil triacylglycerols (TAG) were converted to their corresponding methyl esters (ME) by Candida antarctica lipase.
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Biodiesel Fuel Production from Plant Oil Catalyzed by Rhizopus oryzae Lipase in a Water-Containing System without an Organic Solvent
Masaru Kaieda,Taichi Samukawa,Takeshi Matsumoto,Kazuhiro Ban,Akihiko Kondo,Yuji Shimada,Hideo Noda,Fumiki Nomoto,Koutaro Ohtsuka,Eiji Izumoto,Hideki Fukuda +10 more
TL;DR: A new enzymatic method of synthesizing methyl ester from plant oil and methanol in a solvent-free reaction system was developed and it is anticipated that such plant oil methyl esters can be used as a biodiesel fuel in the future.
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Pretreatment of immobilized Candida antarctica lipase for biodiesel fuel production from plant oil
Taichi Samukawa,Masaru Kaieda,Takeshi Matsumoto,Kazuhiro Ban,Akihiko Kondo,Yuji Shimada,Hideo Noda,Hideki Fukuda +7 more
TL;DR: The effects of the pretreatment of immobilized Candida antarctica lipase enzyme (Novozym 435) on methanolysis for biodiesel fuel production were investigated and a procedure for the stepwise addition of methanol to the reaction mixture so as to maintain the desired meethanol content was determined.
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Purification and characterization of a novel thermostable lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia.
TL;DR: A thermostable lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia has been purified to homogeneity as judged by SDS-PAGE and isoelectric focusing, and the N-terminal amino acid sequence confirmed that the enzyme differs from the known PseUDomonas sp.