Fatty Alcohols

Known as: Alcohols, Fatty, Fatty Alcohols [Chemical/Ingredient], alcohol fatty 
Usually high-molecular-weight, straight-chain primary alcohols, but can also range from as few as 4 carbons, derived from natural fats and oils… (More)
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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Production of fatty acid-derived oleochemicals and biofuels by synthetic yeast cell factories
Sustainable production of oleochemicals requires establishment of cell factory platform strains. The yeast Saccharomyces… (More)
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2015
2015
Fatty alcohols production by oleaginous yeast
We have engineered Rhodosporidium toruloides to produce fatty alcohols by expressing a fatty acyl-CoA reductase from Marinobacter… (More)
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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for production of fatty acid-derived biofuels and chemicals.
As the serious effects of global climate change become apparent and access to fossil fuels becomes more limited, metabolic… (More)
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Carboxylic acid reductase is a versatile enzyme for the conversion of fatty acids into fuels and chemical commodities.
Aliphatic hydrocarbons such as fatty alcohols and petroleum-derived alkanes have numerous applications in the chemical industry… (More)
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Photosynthesis driven conversion of carbon dioxide to fatty alcohols and hydrocarbons in cyanobacteria.
The production of high value biochemicals and high energy biofuels from sustainable resources through the use of microbial based… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Three Arabidopsis fatty acyl-coenzyme A reductases, FAR1, FAR4, and FAR5, generate primary fatty alcohols associated with suberin deposition.
Suberin is a protective hydrophobic barrier consisting of phenolics, glycerol, and a variety of fatty acid derivatives, including… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Metabolic products and pathways of fluorotelomer alcohols in isolated rat hepatocytes.
Fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOHs; CF(3)(CF(2))(x)C(2)H(4)OH; where x=3, 5, 7, 9) are a novel class of polyfluorinated contaminants… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Mammalian wax biosynthesis. I. Identification of two fatty acyl-Coenzyme A reductases with different substrate specificities and tissue distributions.
The conversion of fatty acids to fatty alcohols is required for the synthesis of wax monoesters and ether lipids. The mammalian… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Antibacterial activity of essential oils and their major constituents against respiratory tract pathogens by gaseous contact.
The antibacterial activity of 14 essential oils and their major constituents in the gaseous state was evaluated against… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Purification of a jojoba embryo fatty acyl-coenzyme A reductase and expression of its cDNA in high erucic acid rapeseed.
The jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) plant produces esters of long-chain alcohols and fatty acids (waxes) as a seed lipid energy… (More)
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