METHODS AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES FOR THE GENERATION OF FREE FATTY ACIDS DERIVATIVES THEREOF FROM OIL GUMS

摘要

This invention generally relates to the generation of free fatty acids and/or derivatives thereof, e.g. fatty alkyl esters, and/or fatty amides, from feedstocks comprising phospholipids. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides methods and industrial processes for generating free fatty acids and/or fatty acid derivatives from a feedstock comprising phospholipids by combining the feedstock with one or more reactants to form a reaction mixture and reacting the mixture at a temperature and pressure sufficient to provide for the separation of the free fatty acids from their phosphatide structures.