Performance of Luffa cylindrica as immobilization matrix in bioconversion reactions by Nicotiana tabacum BY-2

Hamid Bou-Saab; Anna Boulanger; Paul Schellenbaum; Serge Neunlist

doi:10.1016/j.jbiosc.2013.04.017

Performance of Luffa cylindrica as immobilization matrix in bioconversion reactions by Nicotiana tabacum BY-2

J Biosci Bioeng. 2013 Oct;116(4):506-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2013.04.017. Epub 2013 May 8.

Authors

Hamid Bou-Saab¹, Anna Boulanger, Paul Schellenbaum, Serge Neunlist

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Bio-organique, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Mulhouse, Université de Haute Alsace, 3 bis Rue Alfred Werner, 68093 Mulhouse Cedex, France.

PMID: 23664783
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2013.04.017

Abstract

The dry fruit of Luffa cylindrica was investigated as an immobilization matrix for Nicotiana tabacum cells in bioconversion reactions of exogenous substrates. Immobilized cells show high biocatalytic activity under high substrate levels. Cell growth on the dry fruit can be maintained until reaching an immobilization capacity of 1.8 g cells/g(Luffa).

Keywords: Bioconversion; Immobilization; Luffa cylindrica; Nicotiana tabacum; Oxidation; Reduction.

MeSH terms

Biocatalysis*
Cells, Immobilized / metabolism*
Cyclohexane Monoterpenes
Cyclopentanes / metabolism
Fruit* / chemistry
Luffa*
Monoterpenes / metabolism
Nicotiana / cytology*
Nicotiana / metabolism*
Oxidation-Reduction

Substances

Cyclohexane Monoterpenes
Cyclopentanes
Monoterpenes
cyclopentanone
carvone